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.