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Why is a Fire Risk Assessment needed?

The law states that the responsible person for each property is required to carry out a Fire Risk Assessment each year and remove any risks or reduce them as much as possible.

The "responsible person" is defined as the person/s who owns or controls the business and/or in the case of multi-occupied buildings the owner of the property, and it is their responsibility to ensure that a Fire Risk Assessment is carried out on a regular basis.

The regulations

Since 1st October 2006, all employers/owners/ occupiers, (the Responsible Person) have a legal obligation under the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order (RRFSO) 2005, to carry out a Fire Risk Assessment at their premises.

The Fire Safety (Employees' Capabilities) (England) Regulations 2010 an additional piece of legislation of the RR(FS)O 2005 was released on the 6th of April 2010.

The new regulation states “Employer to take employees' capabilities into consideration, every employer must, in entrusting tasks to employees, take into account their capabilities with regards to health and safety, so far as those capabilities relate to fire.”

So, employers will now have to consider what a worker is able and unable to do when giving those tasks and how these capabilities may affect their ability to deal with fire-related risks. This includes fire risk assessments and nominated fire wardens or marshals.

The person carrying out the fire risk assessment should be competent to do so. A competent person may be regarded as a person with sufficient training and experience, knowledge or other qualities, to enable him or her to carry out a defined task.

B&K FIRE RISK ASSESSMENTS

CONTACT

Kevin Lomas

Office: 01483 418056

Mobile: 07985 590255

kev.lomas@bkfp.co.uk
 

20 years of fire protection experience that
ensures your peace of mind comes first.

What do we provide?

• full consultation throughout the process
• annual reviews of the fire risk assessment with comprehensive yet
  easy to understand documentation and findings
• regular reminders of when a fire risk assessment is due
• updates on changes in fire safety legislation
• the highest quality of customer service
• qualified and experienced fire safety consultants
• fully-insured fire risk assessment service