Fire risk assessments
If you are an owner, landlord or occupier of business or other non-domestic premises, fire safety is your responsibility. You are known as the responsible person.
As the responsible person, you must:
- carry out a fire risk assessment of the premises and review it regularly
- tell staff or their representatives about the risks that you have identified
- put appropriate fire safety measures in place and make sure they are maintained
- plan for an emergency
- provide fire safety instructions, training and information for staff
What is involved in fire risk assessments
There are 3 main parts of a fire risk assessment:
- a physical inspection of the building
- a review of fire safety management in the organisation
- consideration of how people will respond to an emergency
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