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Fire Strategy & Fire Risk Assessments:
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, a fire risk assessment is a legal requirement for most types of buildings used commercially.
If you have more than 5 staff then you must keep a written record of the assessment and that would be our general advice regardless of size – your insurance company may even insist on it as part of your fire insurance.
A risk assessment is about:
- Identifying the fire hazards
- Identify the people at risk.
- Evaluate and then plan how to remove, reduce or mitigate the fire risks.
- Record your findings, prepare an emergency plan and provide training.
- Review and update the fire risk assessment regularly.
Call us on 0151 933 0905 to book your fire risk assessment.
Or email us on info@JCMhealthandsafety.com
Who is a responsible person under the Fire Safety Order?
You’re responsible for fire safety in business or other non-domestic premises if you’re:
- An Employer
- The Building Owner
- The Landlord
- The Occupier
- Anyone else with control of the premises such as caretaker, site manager, facilities manager, managing agent or risk assessor
Don’t forget – The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 also applies if you have paying guests. So if your business is a Guesthouse, B&B, AirBnB, Hotel or let a self-catering property, then you need to be talking to us about Fire Risk Assessments for the hospitality & AirBnB industry.
So if you think you may need a Fire Risk Assessment, then speak to the JCM Health & Safety Team on 0151 933 0905. We’re here to help. We offer Fire Risk Assessments for Residential & HMO properties (Types 1-4), Commercial, Industrial and Educational premises too.
Or perhaps you’re concerned about fire risks on your construction site? That’s a particular speciality of JCM Health & Safety Compliance with strong links through to our CDM Principal Designer Service so give us a call and let’s have a no-obligation chat about your particular circumstances.
We’re here to undertake your fire risk assessment for you and will give you advice on:
- Elimination & control of fire hazards
- Portable and fixed heating installations
- Hazardous materials, usage & storage
- Arson risks & prevention
- Means of fire warning & escape : emergency fire evacuation plan
- Specific risks & needs of vulnerable people: the elderly, infirm, young children or those with disabilities.
- Providing information to employees and other people on the premises
- Firefighting systems & equipment
- Emergency lighting
- Fire safety signage
- Fire safety management policies, procedures & staff training
Fire Strategy
Regulation 38 is a requirement under the Building Regulations for England and Wales to provide fire safety information to the ‘Responsible Person’ at the completion of a project, or where the building or extension is first occupied. So if you’re erecting, extending, or undergoing a material change of use for a building, then this means you!
The fire safety information provided should include all fire safety design measures in sufficient detail & accuracy for the Responsible Person to operate and maintain the building safely. And yet, sometimes it hasn’t been provided for a number of reasons. That leaves the Responsible Person with an issue in compliance to the fire safety orders & legislation so a retrospective fire strategy can be commissioned to analyse the risks, potential fire spread & plans to reduce, manage or mitigate those fire risks.
You can also commission a fire strategy at the design stage of a building project to ensure that the required fire safety features of the final build have been correctly identified and incorporated into your design plans.
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Strategic planning is core to our model of systematic compliance
Our personalised approach helps us understand and tailor unique packages to our clients
A structured approach to maintaining compliance and keeping people safe.
Have a question?
We understand.Keep your business & employees safe with risk assessments and Health & Safety Consultancy from the experts at JCM.