What is a Fire Risk Assessment?

A Fire Risk Assessment is defined as ‘an organised and methodical look at a premises, the activities carried on there and the likelihood that a fire could start and cause harm to those in and around the premises’.

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO) requires that a Fire Risk Assessment is conducted initially and reviewed on an on-going basis to ensure that appropriate and adequate fire precautions are in place. To assist responsible person(s), the Government has produced a series of downloadable guides, each typically 150 pages thick and applying to different premises categories (you can download the guide that applies to your premises from the Related Downloads section).

The responsible person(s) should read and imbibe the appropriate guide and produce a Fire Risk Assessment specific to the building(s) for which they are responsible.

Following a detailed site assessment, the Fire Risk Assessment is issued as a pdf document and also loaded to the Fixfire® RiskLog™ portal. The assessment is split into sections and includes an ‘Action Plan’ which is a summarised and prioritised chart detailing the actions considered necessary to reduce the risk to life in a fire scenario.