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The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order
2005 came into effect on 01 October 2006. This order relates
to fire risk management in all businesses. It is possibly
the most radical change in fire legislation ever. It places
the sole responsibility for fire safety onto employers.
Responsibility for enforcement of the new rules will be
with the local fire and rescue service authority who will
carry out regular inspections with top priority going
to those premises presenting most risk to the community. |
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- Are you responsible for business premises?
- Self-employed with business premises?
- A charity or voluntary organisation?
- A contractor with a degree of control over
any premises?
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A Fire Risk Assessment on your premises
MUST be carried out and documented by a responsible, competent*
person. The Fire Authority is the enforcing authority and
failure to produce a written fire risk assessment where 5
or more persons are employed, constitutes an offence under
the Workplace Regulations.
*A competent person should have an understanding
of the systems/processes involved in relation to fire risk
assessment, have an appreciation of fire safety, and be aware
of the fire evacuation strategy.
Fire certificates no longer have legal status
– you must have a Fire Risk Assessment and if you have
five of more employees there must be a record of the fire
risk assessment together with details of any people that are
at particular risk. |
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- You can do it yourself provided you are
competent*
- You can send one of your staff on
a training course to become competent, please click
here
to visit our main website and view
a list of training course available.
- You can - have it done professionally
by us - and we’ll take responsibility for the fire
risk assessment, documentation and any subsequent dealings
with the fire service.
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