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Fire Risk Assessments for Businesses
The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (FSA) and Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRFSO) apply to all business premises. It is a legal requirement for businesses and organisations to undertake Fire Risk Assessments in order to identify how to reduce or eliminate the risk of fire.
Types of Premises
Integrated Compliance Services have successfully assisted businesses throughout Scotland to adhere to their legal requirements of a Fire Risk Assessment. Types of premises we have worked with include:
- Offices
- Factories and Warehouses
- Supermarkets, High Street Shops and Department Stores
- Restaurants, Pubs and Cafes
- Nightclubs
- Hotels and B&Bs
- Medical and dental practices
- Schools, Colleges and Universities
- Nurseries and care homes
- Sports centres and stadiums
- Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and Temples
- Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMO)
It is vital to ensure that your Fire Risk Assessment is updated on a regular basis, ideally every 12 months. It is particularly important to do this if significant changes have been made to a premises or an organisation has increased its number of employees. It is also a requirement of some business insurance policies that regular Fire Risk Assessments are undertaken.
What’s covered in a Fire Risk Assessment?
- Fire and smoke detection measures
- Fire prevention measures
- Fire containment measures
- Fire hazards
- Storage and use of flammable materials
- Escape routes
- Emergency escape lighting
- Fire safety signs and notices
- Fire extinguishers and hose reels
- Systems testing and maintenance
- Resources for emergency services
- Fire safety management
- Training and drills
Who carries out the survey?
Fire Risk Assessors who are NEBOSH Fire Risk Management accredited. These assessors will survey accessible areas of a premises only and will not carry out destructive exposure. Integrated Compliance Services can arrange to get your Fire Risk Assessment carried out and will liaise with Fire Risk Assessors on your behalf.
Fire Risk Assessment Reporting
Integrated Compliance Services works alongside highly experienced Fire Risk Assessors who generate a Fire Risk Assessment report that will clearly detail all the actions necessary to ensure that fire risk procedures within the premises are up to standard and meet all legal requirements.
FAQ’s
Is the landlord able to access a property for safety checks?
The contract you make with your tenant should allow you access for any maintenance or safety check work that needs to be done. You must not use force to enter the property. Further information is provided in regulation 39 of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.
A landlord has to show that they took all reasonable steps to comply with the law. HSE recommends the following actions and strongly advises that a record be kept of all correspondence with the tenants:
- Leave the tenant a notice stating that an attempt was made to complete the gas safety check and provide your contact details.
- Write to the tenant explaining that a safety check is a legal requirement and that it is for the tenant’s own safety. Give the tenant the opportunity to arrange their own appointment.
HSE inspectors will look for repeated attempts to complete the gas safety check, including the above suggestions; however the approach will need to be appropriate to each circumstance. It would ultimately be for a court to decide if the action taken was reasonable depending upon the individual circumstances.
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