The purpose of a Fire Risk Assessment is to ensure that reasonable precautions have been taken to avoid the risk of fire occurring. Current legislation required a Fire Risk Assessment to be carried out if more than five people are employed, have the public visit your premises, or the premises require a license to operate, or are the owner/manager or landlord of residential flats or a HMO with communal area.
To conduct the fire risk assessment, an assessor will visit your premises and carry out a thorough fire risk assessment. This will include the following:
- Sources of ignition in the workplace
- Sources of fuel
- Sources of oxygen
- People at risk
- Procedures, training and recording
- Fire detection and fire warning systems
- Means of fighting the fire
- Means of escape in the event of fire
- Other factors
This information will be presented in a bound report with images to illustration points raised where necessary.