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Ken Moon & Associates
 
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Hants
PO8 0NP
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Fire Risk Assessment
It is now compulsory for companies to conduct a Fire Risk Assessment.
On October 1st 2006, The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety order) came into force. This is a major change in legislation and fire certificates are no longer issued or in force. As an employer, or as someone who has control of a workplace you must take steps to ensure that you have what is known as a 'suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment' in place. This new approach to fire safety law represents the most significant change for over 30 years. The new fire regulations have been introduced to simplify matters and make it more straightforward for people to understand what they should do.The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety Order) replaced The Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 as amended in 1999.
If you need more information about fire regulations read on. (We do not sell fire equipment - which enables us to offer cost effective and unbiased advice).
 
You will quickly understand;
What a fire risk assessment should include
If the legislation relates to your business or building
The various options available to you
The commercial benefits to your company
How do I know if I am compliant?
A fire risk assessment is a legal requirement for most UK businesses. A fire risk assessment is a written document and is substantially more than just a record of fire extinguisher testing etc.
The legislation states that a copy must be available on site for inspection at all times. To help you identify if you have a fire risk assessment in place, consider the following;
Do you have a document on site that deals specifically with fire safety issues?
The document will have a section called SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS
These are effectively the risks that have been identified
They should be accompanied with remedial actions taken to reduce the risk
It should also include a section called MEANS OF ESCAPE
Unless documented as above it is unlikely that your insurance company or fire extinguisher maintenance company will have conducted a fire risk assessment
If you have not done so and don’t know where to start, get in touch – a chartered safety and health practitioner with many years of experience in fire matters will be able to carry out your fire risk assessment and produce an action plan that will enable you to conform with the law and, perhaps even more importantly, reduce the fire risk to your premises and employees.
This may, in turn, lead to more favourable terms for your insurance premiums because you will be able to demonstrate to the underwriters that you are managing a serious risk to your business
 
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