What are Fire Risk Assessments and Why Are They Needed?
Whether you have business premises in London or Leeds. A fire risk assessment in the Yorkshire area or fire a risk assessment in the London area needs to be carried out
Fire and smoke are the number one killers when a building catches fire. Having a fire management safety strategy in place is imperative for everyone's safety.
A fire risk assessment is needed to alleviate any dangers to the occupants of a building and the building itself by the legislation of Fire safety order 2005.
Who is responsible for completing a fire risk assessment?
As a business owner of premises including landlords, it's your responsibility to ensure the building meets all fire & safety requirements by the United Kingdom's legislation.
Fire Safety & Fire Safety Measures
At John Greens, we are leaders in our field of work of fire prevention and assessment of risk on all types of premises from Industrial to residential. We are professionals when it comes to fire safety and fire safety evaluation & assessment. We will advise a building's owner on the best fire prevention and fire safety procedure to be put in place.
This will include the best places to keep fire extinguishers, fire alarm placement and make sure your premises have marked and unobstructed fire exit doors
Identifying Fire Hazards
As part of our fire assessment process identifying fire hazards is a crucial part of the assessment of premises. This assessment will also include identifying risks to the building occupants, whether that be tenants or a workforce.
The ultimate goal of is to reduce the risk of a fire starting, and have a plan in place if a fire does start with designated fire escape routes for the building's occupants.
Caring out Fire Risk Assessments
Caring out a fire safety assessment to reduce the risk of fire in buildings normally takes depending on your building size around 3 hours. The assessment will not interfere with the normal daily running of your business. After an assessment, we will liaise with any governing bodies on your behalf, including local authorities and fire safety officers.
Fire Assessment, Elimination of Risks & Fire Prevention Advice
After we have inspected a building, we will document our findings, devise an evacuation plan and also provide training on the best procedures to follow, and why you should follow them. We will also advise on regular fire drills, so everybody in the building is on the same page and knows what to do in the event of a fire.
Fire Prevention
After our assessment, we will advise on good work practices and habits to help in the prevention of fire, we have listed below safe working practices that need to be adhered to on the premises.
Rubbish & waste material is not left inside buildings and is disposed of properly and away from the premises
All fire extinguishers are in working order and fully charged and are stored in their designated spots for ease of access
All smoking areas are away from the premises and cigarette butts are extinguished in proper containers
Any extension cords in use are of an industrial grade, when not in use, unplug them. We would also recommend getting further static electrical outlets fitted into the building by a qualified electrician to do away with extension leads and prevent fires.
All electrical appliances are approved and GFCI-protected, GFCI is a ground fault circuit interrupter, which will break the electrical circuit if a fault occurs, very inexpensive to fit. This will save you from any potential electric shocks or electric sparking which could combust and cause fires.
If you carry a stock of flammable material, make sure they are stored correctly and away from any heat source and in a regulated approved cabinet.
Fire risk assessment how often?
As a guide, we would recommend those fire assessments should be carried out at least yearly. To be honest there are no set periods regarding the law, although the law does state it's s a building's owner's responsibility.
Personally, I and a good majority of people, have a sense of responsibility and peace of mind and would want fire risk assessments carried out regularly regardless.
It would be bad enough to lose your premises to fire but to be responsible for loss of life due to no fire risk assessment taking place would be devastating!
Don't put off what can be done today. Give us a call to carry out a fire risk assessment on your building today, it's better to be safe than sorry and an assessment for fire prevention takes hardly any time.
Non Compliance Warning
Failure to carry out a fire risk assessment on your building and not implementing fire safety could result in heavy fines and imprisonment in cases of extreme negligence.