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
  

Conducting a fire risk assessment needn’t be complicated – click on the FireSmart solution link to find out just how quick and easy it can be.