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RRO 2005 Article 9Fire risk assessments
If you're the Responsible Person for a premises, a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment isn't optional - it's the legal foundation everything else sits on. We carry them out properly, and explain the findings in plain English.
The document the law - and everything else - starts from.
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the Responsible Person for virtually every non-domestic premises - and the common parts of blocks of flats - to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of fire risk, keep it under review, and act on its findings. Since the Building Safety Act, it must be recorded in full, whoever carries it out.
Our assessor walks your premises and looks at how a fire could start, how it would be detected, how people would escape, and what would slow them down: ignition sources, fuel, means of escape, compartmentation, alarms, lighting, extinguishers, signage, management arrangements and training. You get a written report with a prioritised action plan - what's urgent, what's advisable, and what's fine - not a scary list with everything marked red.
- Full walk-through assessment of your premises
- Written, recorded report - as the law now requires
- Prioritised action plan in plain English
- Review visits when things change, or annually
- Offices, warehouses, shops, schools, HMOs & flats
- One team to fix the findings too, if you want us to
Because we also service extinguishers, alarms, lighting and fire doors, the actions from your assessment don't have to bounce between contractors - we can price and fix them under one roof.
At a glance
Risk assessment questions.
Do I legally need one?
If you're an employer, or you have control of a non-domestic premises or the common parts of a residential building, yes. The assessment must be recorded in writing and kept up to date - "we had one done years ago" doesn't satisfy the duty if the premises has changed.
How often should it be reviewed?
Whenever there's reason to think it's no longer valid - a change of layout, use, occupancy or after an incident - and as good practice, annually. We'll tell you a sensible review date when we issue the report.
What happens if the assessment finds problems?
Almost every assessment finds something - that's the point. The report grades each finding so you can deal with the urgent items first, and because we service extinguishers, alarms, lighting and fire doors ourselves, we can give you a fixed price to put things right if you'd like us to.
Book your fire risk assessment.
Tell us the premises type, size and how it's used - we'll give you a fixed price and get an assessor booked in.