• Fire risk assessment consultancy advice
• Fire risk assessment training
• Compartmentation surveys – fire stopping and fire doors
• Fire escape plans
• PEEPS (Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans)

We can provide compliant and practical advice as well as cost-effective solutions for the significant findings raised in premises Fire Risk Assessment action plans.

From our experience, knowledge and training as inspection, service, and maintenance engineers, as well as years of experience as Fire Risk Assessors we can provide that all important link between the recommendations made in a premises Fire Risk Assessments and the implementation of fire safety systems and measures.

Finding it time consuming and difficult reviewing a premises risk assessment? We can assist you with the action plan by way of advice and or training on how to approach and implement the significant findings.

We carry out compartmentation surveys as well as produce fire stopping, and fire door remedial works quotations based on recommended upgrades to current Standards. Current standards do not have to be retrospectively applied to older premises as long as they are maintained to the standard(s) applicable at the time of construction but ultimately this comes down to the premises FRA and decision made by the premises Responsible Person. Hence, we can highlight the difference between recommendations that should be viewed as ‘advisory’ and those that should be implemented.

Fire safety law changed in October 2006 with the introduction of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRFSO) – affecting all non-domestic premises in England and Wales. The RRFSO simplifies over 70 pieces of previous fire safety legislation and repealed Acts such as the Fire Precautions Act 1971, the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 (amended 1999). The objective of the new law is to reduce death, injury and damage caused by fire by placing the responsibility for fire safety on the employer or ‘Responsible Person’ for that building or premises. The main effect of the changes is a move towards greater emphasis on fire prevention and accountability.

The Fire Safety Act 2021 (FSA)which is now law in England and Wales, is essentially an update and clarification of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

The FSA brings fire regulations and standards up to date, taking in to account of the lessons learnt from the Grenfell fire.

There are major implications for both fire professionals and responsible persons,with severe consequences if the new standards are not adhered to.

Put simply, if you are the person responsible for any residential building, you could be held personally liable for any future breaches. The FSA may owe its existence to fire safety issues in high-rise structures, but in fact it applies to any building containing two or more domestic units, with new or revised rules that apply to the building’s structure, external walls, and any common parts, including the access doors to each apartment.

Moving forward, regarding residential buildings, The Building Safety Bill, published 5 July 2021, will create lasting generational change andset out a clear pathway for the future on how residential buildings will be designed, constructed, maintained and managed.