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Online formsUnder the Fire Safety Order 2005 a ‘responsible person’, must carry out, or appoint a ‘competent person’ to carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment of the risks to your employees and other ‘relevant persons’ from fire.
person in a workplace is either:
This also applies to not-for-profit organisations.
Responsible persons under the Order are required, following a risk assessment, to implement appropriate fire safety measures and keep the assessment up to date.
Following the introduction of Section 156 of the Building Safety Act, from 1 October, changes in legislation apply. This means that regardless of the size or purpose of the business or premises, you will be required to complete and record a fire risk assessment and fire safety arrangements in full.
Other changes in legislation are as follows:
The amendments made to the Fire Safety Order should make people feel safer in their homes and ensure that residents understand what you are doing to comply with your responsibilities. It is also important that you record your name and a UK address in the fire risk assessment to make it easier for enforcement authorities to identify you and, where necessary, take enforcement action.
You must provide residents with the following information:
You should consider providing contact details, if different to your contact details as the Responsible Person, for residents to be able to inform you of any concerns or queries they have about fire safety matters, or the information provided to them.
The competent person or fire risk assessor need not possess any specific academic qualifications but should:
Check out the Fire Safety in the workplace guide for more information.
A fire risk assessment is an organised and methodical look at your premises, the activities carried on there and the likelihood that a fire could start and cause harm to those in and around the premises.
This is split into five steps…
Risk assessments can vary greatly dependent the nature and complicity of the business.
Check out the Risk Assessment Guide for more information.
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