Fire Risk Assessments
Regional Buildings Assessments offer a comprehensive fire risk assessment service relating to your business and/or buildings covering the fire safety measures required for your particular circumstances. These range from specific solutions to full applications, and if necessary can include staff training, required action schedules, general instruction and fire safety schemes in accordance with current legislation, guidance and reporting procedures.
Whatever your fire risk requirements, they will be met by qualified professionals who are dedicated to providing quality packaged solutions to the most demanding tasks. The team have in excess of 25 years' experience of fire and its effects, as well as in applying the safety and preventative measures that are required to satisfy legislation and published guidance.
REGIONAL BUILDINGS ASSESSEMENTS are committed to providing their clients with a product of integrity and value that would stand any scrutiny. We therefore feel it is necessary that our clients understand the reasons behind the introduction of the legislation.
Prior to the introduction of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 fire safety measures for buildings and their processes were mainly policed by the local authority Fire Service under the umbrella of the Fire Precautions Act.
The introduction and adoption of the Order allowed for obsolete legislation to be replaced and fire safety measures to be applied objectively rather than prescriptively. This has also allowed for greater control and responsibility by the owners and operators of buildings for the fire safety measures necessary.
They include as defined in the Order:
- General Fire Precautions
- Fire Risk Assessment
- Fire safety arrangements
- Elimination or reduction of risks from dangerous substances
- Fire fighting and fire detection
- Emergency fire exits and routes
- Procedures for serious and imminent danger and for danger areas
- Additional emergency measures in respect of dangerous substances
- Maintenance
- Safety assistance
- Provision of information to employees
- Provision of information to employers and self-employed from outside undertakings
- Training
- Co-operation and co-ordination
- General duties of employees at work
Failure to comply with the provisions of the Order may result in the imposition of penalties as described in the Order section 29 to which could result in prosecution and conviction leading to a fine or imprisonment. A person on whom a notice is served has 21 days from the date of service in which to appeal as described in Section 35 of the Order.
REGIONAL BUILDINGS ASSESSMENTS will therefore provide the client with a product that will, relying on the information provided by the client and their agents and or employees, fulfil the necessity of Fire Risk Assessment that must be carried out.
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