FIRE RISK ASSESSMENTS
The Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order (2005) legally requires businesses to conduct a Fire Risk Assessment.
We can normally conduct your Fire Risk Assessment survey within 48 hours, whatever the type of premise.
Profile of our Principal Consultant and Lead Fire Assessor
Simon Tudor BSc (Hons) FSIDip NCRQCert Tech IOSH MIFSM
Undertaken specialist training in all types of building including residential properties training includes the Institutes of Fire Engineers Level 5 Diploma in Fire Engineering Design, Fire Service College Fire Risk Assessment and the Fire Protection Association Fire Safety Management in Residential Buildings.
Tier 3 Assessors (complex buildings) on the National Register of Fire Risk Assessors
London Fire Consultants hold Third Party Accreditation (UKAS & BAFE SP205)
Member of the British Fire Consortium
Qualified Fire Door Surveyor (National Association of Fire Door Inspectors)
Deemed competent to undertake Dangerous Substances Explosive Atmosphere Regulations assessments
Diploma in Fire Stopping Inspection
P402 Asbestos surveyors
Advanced Professional Award in Expert Witness Evidence (APAEWE) which is the only Masters level qualification for expert witnesses in the UK and Internationally.
Level 3 Award in the Servicing and Maintenance of Portable Fire Extinguishers
Member of the Fire Industry Association
Evacuation Chair IOSH Trainer
Member of IOSH (Technical)
Unlike a number of other Fire Risk Assessors, London Fire Consultants are independent and will not up-sell services in our risk assessments so you can be confident the recommendations and advice given is based on Fire Safety requirements and not commission and sale figures.
We fulfil all the recommendations for selecting a Fire Risk Assessor that are published by the Fire Risk Assessment Competency Council and The Chief Fire Officers' Association.
We are registered with SSAIB and hold BAFE SP205 Third Party Accreditation. All our Fire Risk Assessors are on the Nationally Accredited Fire Risk Assessors Register.
“The firm is a well-established fire safety company providing fire risk assessments. ”
All our assessors are ob the Nationally Accredited Fire Risk Assessor Register and London Fire Consultants holds UKAS Third Party accreditation.
FAQ
If you own, manage or operate a business, you need to comply with fire safety law. The main law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or "the Fire Safety Order". It applies across England and Wales and came into force on 1 October 2006.
What is a Fire Risk Assessment?
A careful look at your premises and the people who use them, from a fire prevention perspective. It’s about understanding the potential risks, then improving your fire safety precautions to keep people safe.
Why do it?
A Fire Risk Assessment is a legal requirement. If you are responsible for a building, for example an employer, owner or occupier of a premises that isn’t a 'single private dwelling' (a private home), you need to make sure a suitably competent person completes a Fire Risk Assessment. It is your duty to identify fire risks and hazards in your premises and take appropriate action.
In addition, if five or more people work at your premises or your business has a licence under enactment in force, you’ll need your fire risk assessment to be a written record. Make sure you review your risk assessment regularly and whenever significant changes have been made that would have an impact on it. It’s good business sense, as well as a legal requirement, as businesses don’t always recover after a fire, and effective fire prevention starts with properly understanding the risks.
CAN I GO TO PRISON FOR NOT DOING A FIRE RISK ASSESSMENT?
If there's a fire and you haven't met your legal duties to keep people safe, you could be fined and may even spend time in prison.
How to do a Fire Risk Assessment
Broadly speaking, assessments are conducted in five key steps:
Identify the fire hazards.
Identify people at risk.
Evaluate, remove or reduce the risks.
Record your findings, prepare an emergency plan and provide training.
Review and update the fire risk assessment regularly.
Who checks it?
London Fire Brigade – inspecting premises is part of their duty to keep people safe from fire. If your premises aren't safe, or you haven't done an assessment, you may be fined. If they believe people are at risk, they may even have to close your business until you can make it safe for employees and members of the public.
Who should do my Fire Risk Assessment?
It is important that the person who carries out the fire risk assessment is competent. There are two principal methods by which people can demonstrate their competence;
Professional Body Registration schemes (IFSM Fire Risk Assessor Register)
Certification by a Certification Body that is UKAS accredited for the activity. (BAFE SP205)
Competence of a company to deliver fire risk assessments can be demonstrated by third party certification of the company by a UKAS accredited Certification Body.
As a duty holder, you do not need to be an expert in registration and certification schemes. The following information will give you a better understanding of these schemes and how they operate. A ‘scheme’ – identifies what needs to be assessed and what methods of assessment are used. As noted above, there are a number of schemes relating to fire risk assessment:
A ‘company’ scheme is operated by a certification body and looks at the competence of personnel and the management systems within the company.
A ‘professional body’ scheme is operated by a professional body and is concerned with the competency of the individual and not the competency of a company. All schemes maintain a register, which lists the individuals or companies that have been assessed to meet the requirements of the scheme. Certification Bodies – Assess the fire risk assessor (individual or company) against the requirements of a ‘scheme’. The role of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) is to accredit third party Certification Bodies for the certification work they carry out. UKAS is the national accreditation body recognised by Government for this purpose. UKAS accredited Certification Bodies, against internationally agreed standards, to confirm they are assessing correctly against ‘scheme’ requirements.
Large complex business
If your business is larger or more complex, you should contact an expert to come and help. London Fire Brigade responsibilities only lie in making sure you’ve done an appropriate assessment – they don’t provide an assessment service.
SME or smaller organisation
If your business or organisation is relatively small and you think your potential risks aren’t complex, it is possible to do it yourself. You can find guides to help you understand what’s required on the Gov.UK website and we have created a downloadable Word document to support you.
What are MY responsibilities?
Very simply you need to make sure:
Your premises reach the required standards.
Employees are provided with adequate fire safety training.
What about Fire Risk Assessments?
By law, if you are responsible for commercial premises, you need to make sure that a Fire Risk Assessment has been completed by a competent person (which is where London Fire Consultants can assist). It's mandatory to carry out a detailed assessment identifying the risks and hazards in the premises. It must be recorded if you have a total of five or more employees. The responsible person for the premises is also required to:
Consider who may be especially at risk.
Eliminate or reduce the risk of fire as far as is reasonably practical.
Provide general fire precautions to deal with any risk.
Take additional measures to ensure fire safety where flammable or explosive materials are used or stored.
Create a plan to deal with any emergency and where necessary record any findings.
Maintain general fire precautions, and facilities provided for use by firefighters.
Keep any findings of the risk assessment under review.
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