Your Responsibilities As A Building Owner And Landlord
When you own a building that is separated into many different compartments, such as an office block, for instance, you have a responsibility for fire safety for the occupants who pay you rent. This means that you need to undertake a landlord fire risk assessment of your premises, and of the common areas. Certainly, those […]
What Do Fire Risk Assessors Need to Know?
If you have duties under Fire Safety law, you are not expected to be an expert in all areas, however, you do retain responsibility for ensuring that the assessment fulfils the requirements of the law. This can mean making sure you find someone who can handle this task for you, or learning the requirements yourself […]
Carrying Out A Fire Risk Assessment Is Not Easy If You Have No Training
Fire is an ever-present danger in any building, wherever it happens to be. There are so many things which can go wrong or become faulty, such as electrical equipment, and cause a fire without you be aware of them. For instance, on the day that this blog post is being written, earlier in the morning […]
A Fire Safety Assessment Is No Easy Task For The Untrained
Carrying out a fire safety assessment in the UK is by no means an easy task if you have not had the required training to do so. And yet, if you are the owner or manager of a business, an employer, an occupier, the landlord, or anyone else with control of the premises, the Regulatory […]
Choosing the Correct Type of Fire Safety Risk Assessment for Your Building
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While the principles of a good fire safety assessment won’t change, the contents of a fire safety assessment report can vary significantly depending on the type of premises you are responsible for. Additionally, there are four different types of assessments that can be carried out on purpose-built residential flats and the most suitable option for […]
Reasons Why You Need An Expert For Your Fire Risk Assessment
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]According to government statistics, fire and rescue services in England alone attended approximately 183,000 fires in 2018 – 2019. That works out at just over 500 fires every single day of the year! That is a lot of fires. Believe it or not, those figures – while an increase of 2% over the previous year […]