A fire risk assessment evaluates your premises in terms of fire safety hazards to people and property. An assessor visits your premises, makes a physical inspection and provides you with a clear and concise report. This report will detail a prioritized action plan on how to minimize identified risks. The assessment usually takes about a day.
Why Choose Health and Safety Solutions?
We are priced fairly and fire risk assessments start from,often around 450 for a standard fire risk assessments. But with us you get value for money for a professional and friendly service. You receive an expert assessment carried out by a competent person as required by law:-
All our fire risk assessors have a minimum of 10 years fire brigade experience or equivalent
All our assessors are members of the Institute of Fire Engineers
All our assessments are fully backed up by Professional indemnity of up to 5million per Fire Risk Assessments.
At the end of the visit you will receive a report written in plain English and easy to understand, no jargon. We will also go through the report with you to make sure you are clear about everything.
Most aspects of non domestic fire safety in the UK are controlled by the Regulatory Reform (Fire and Safety) Order 2005 and Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the owner/occupier/employer to carry out a Fire Risk Assessments of all workplaces under their control (with some exceptions). This assessment is to determine the risk from fire to employees and to identify measures that should be implemented to control those risks. In Scotland, The Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006 apply.Ownership of fire safety is now passed to the employer and workforce.
The legal duties are outlined below:
- Appointment of responsible / competentperson(s)
- carrying out / reviewing a risk assessment and implementing preventative and protective measures as necessary
- taking fire precautions and ensuring firesafety arrangements are appropriate
- elimination or reduction of risks fromdangerous substances
- provision of fire fighting equipment and means for giving warning in the event of a fire as is appropriate
- ensuring emergency routes and exits;
- establishing procedures for serious and imminent danger and for danger areas (including dangerous substances where
appropriate)
- maintenance of facilities, equipment and devices for fire safety; eg routine testing of fire alarms and recording of these tests
- provision of information and training to employees
- provision of information to employers / selfemployed from outside undertakings;
