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Fire Risk Assessments and The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 [RRO]

Our reputation is built on providing a professional fire risk assessment package and a bespoke fire safety training programme actually delivered by highly qualified and experienced former senior fire officers.

We will stand by you and discuss with the local fire safety officer any issues they might have regarding your premises. We will offer you ongoing support if they question any aspect of our risk assessment and associated significant findings. That is where the associates of FIREWISE score over many other providers.

The guidelines state that more complex premises will probably need to be assessed by a person who has the necessary comprehensive training and experience in FIRE RISK ASSESSMENT. If you do decide to go it alone then then a link to the guide is provided on the fire safety audit page of this site.

The associates of Firewise also delivered a fire risk assessment package using our FRA process and course material in partnership with the business unit of the Health & Safety Executive for a multi national company based in the UK.

We work with both large muti-national organisations and small local companies to provide them with a quantifiable and bespoke fire risk assessment package. Our wide ranging client base in this aspect of our work includes: AXA Sunlife, Dolby UK, The ‘Learned Societies’ within Burlington House Piccadilly, the Ealing Christian Centre, the Independent Television Facilities Centre, Housing Associations and Richmond College.

If you are the 'responsible person' (see below) you must make sure you carry out a fire risk assessment although you can pass this task to some other competent person. However, you will still be responsible, in law, for meeting the order.

We will take an organised look at what in your work activities and workplace could cause harm to people, and to your future business suceess. We will provide you with an independent and comprehensive audit and risk assessment of your fire protection arrangements in order to:

Help you keep up to date and meet the requirements of the new Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Ensure that essential fire safety practices are being carried out effectively on a day to day basis.
Provide you with a comprehensive checklist and narrative report that you can use as a future benchmark.
Identify any possible fire risk that may adversely affect your business continuity
Help prioritise your fire safety management issues with a series of recommendations.
Train your key staff to undertake this essential work in the future.
Remain "street legal" and allow you to devote more time to the running of a profitable company.

The final outcome will be a quantifiable fire survival factor for your business and an assessment proforma and report that you can then use as a benchmark in any future in-house fire risk assessment.

Go to our Online Enquiry service or email richard@firewise.biz for further information on how we will tailor a solution to meet your specific requirements.

Establishing compliance with the new Fire Safety Order

We will help you comply with the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and to prioritise your fire safety management issues and in so doing, allow you to concentrate on your core business activities.

The role and direction of the Fire Brigade's activities will change with the adoption of a 'policing' role on workplaces similar to that exercised by the HSE Inspectors, where they will use your own aassessment of fire risks as their starting point.

Inclusive in our price is an undertaking to offer you support if the local authority (Fire Brigade) fire safety officer questions any aspect of our risk assessment and significant findings following the risk assessment.

Fire Risk Assessment Courses for 'Responsible Persons'

We have also developed a Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) course that will provide your key staff with the specialist knowledge they need to conduct an FRA and manage the risk of fire in your workplace. As part of the course we will also undertake a fire risk assessment of your workplace that can be used as a benchmark in any future in-house assessment.

Fire is possibly the biggest threat to the future of your business. Contact Firewise Business Solutions NOW to help you comply with Fire Safety Law - to protect your business interests.

Determining your business fire survival factor

We will help you to conduct a fire risk assessment that will measure the consequences of a fire and the likelihood of its occurrence against the statutory and business health, safety and environmental standards. It will also help prioritise the steps required to reduce to a minimum the effects of any fire on the running of your business.

Your Fire Risk management and Fire Safety audits are concerned with:

Meeting the requirements imposed by the new Fire Precautions (Workplace)Regulations and detailed in published guidelines ie HSE document entitled
"FIRE SAFETY An Employer's Guide".
Documenting and recording any significant findings of the fire risk assessment.
The prevention of fires by good staff awareness and management practices.
The ongoing auditing of these practices to ensure they are being carried out effectively on a day to day basis.

You must:

Assess the fire risks in the workplace
Check that the fire can be detected and the people alerted in a reasonable time.
Check that people who may be in the building can get out safely.
Assess the risk to operational firefighters and maintain any facilities provided for them.
Provide reasonable and appropriate firefighting equipment.
Check that those in the building know what to do if there is a fire.
Check and maintain your fire safety equipment.
Assess the competency of people appointed to undertake fire safety work.

Who is this 'responsible person', that is responsible for meeting the Order?

Anyone who has control of premises or anyone who has a degree of control over certain areas or systems may be described as a 'responsible person'.

For example, it could be:

The employer for those parts of premises staff may go to.
The managing agent or owner for shared parts of premises.
The occupier, such as self-employed people or voluntary organisations.
Any other person (or contractor) who has some control over a part of the premises.

Although in many premises the responsible person will be obvious, there may be times when a number of people have some responsibility.

You see, it really does pay to use Firewise Business Solutions to help you comply with Fire Safety Law - to protect your business interests. Go to our Online Enquiry service to get in touch or email richard@firewise.biz for further information.