Fire Risk Assessments 

What is a Fire Risk Assessment?

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005(Sometimes referred to as the FSO or RRO) you must produce a fire risk assessment on your premise.  It must include a comprehensive review of:

• How a fire could start.
• Who would be in danger.
• The fire precautions in your premises to minimise the effects of fire.
• A plan to deal with a fire should one start.

The fire risk assessment must also be communicated to everyone it affects and reviewed at regular intervals.

A fire risk assessment must also be produced for all non-domestic premises in England and Wales are applicable if you are:

• Responsible for business premises.
• An employer or self-employed with business premises.
• A charity or voluntary organisation.
• A contractor with a degree of control over any premises.

This assessment will:

• Emphasise preventing fires and reducing risk.
• Make it your responsibility to ensure the safety of everyone who uses your premises and in the immediate vicinity.
• Remove the need for fire certificates.

A set of fire safety law guidelines can be downloaded free here

Why do I need one? 

• Because it is the law.  You must have a “suitable and sufficient” risk assessment and have it available on the site for inspection by the fire authority.

• Your insurance company may refuse to pay on a claim for a fire, if you have not met your legal obligations under the Fire Safety Order 2005.

• It is a fact that over 80% of businesses that have a serious fire do not recover.

• It makes good business sense to prevent fire happening and to mitigate the effects should one start.

• It helps prevent disruption to your business and minimise financial loses.

Why chose Newman Safety Services?

• We believe that a risk assessment should allow you to do something safely - not stop you from doing it at all.

• Our assessments are site specific – we do not use generic tick box forms or software solutions.

• We will only make recommendations if we find your current precautions to be insufficient.

• We will always provide you with the most cost effective and practical solution. 

• We avoid complicated terminology and jargon.  Our assessments are however supported with detailed technical specifications or appropriate British Standards were required.

• Examples of our work are available for you to review on request.