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Who Can Conduct a Fire-Risk Assessment?
A fire-risk assessment must be suitable and sufficient for the premises and carried out by someone with the knowledge and experience needed for its complexity.
Discuss your requirementsGuidance designed to be read.
What to check
- building use, occupants and vulnerable people.
- fire hazards and existing precautions.
- escape, warning and emergency arrangements.
- significant findings and action plan.
Plan the next decision
The responsible person retains responsibility for the assessment and actions, even when competent assistance is appointed. Review competence against the actual premises.
Define the person who can authorise work, the access conditions and the outcome required. Where the subject affects safety, security or compliance, use the competent assessment and premises-specific information required for that system.
Records and follow-up
Keep the instruction, findings, action taken, completion evidence and any open recommendation with its owner and due date.
Questions to ask
What information should I provide?
Give the property, exact asset or area, symptoms or trigger, previous findings and current restrictions. Include relevant drawings, manuals or reports where available.
Does this guide set a universal maintenance interval?
No. The applicable duty, risk assessment, system design, recognised guidance, manufacturer instructions and actual condition determine the property-specific requirement.
What should completion information show?
It should identify the work or assessment performed, findings, results, defects and outstanding action clearly enough for the responsible person to decide what happens next.
Source
See current official guidance. Apply it to the actual premises and recheck current requirements before relying on time-sensitive details.