Fire Risk Assessment Bristol

For premises covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Responsible Person must ensure that fire safety arrangements are in place and that a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment is completed and kept up to date. Avon Fire & Rescue Service also states that a competent person can be appointed to carry out the assessment.

Avon Fire & Rescue Service explains that the assessment should identify fire hazards and people at risk, evaluate and reduce risks, record relevant findings and emergency arrangements, and be reviewed regularly. The Service also provides guidance on fire safety log books and the management of fire precautions.

Since changes introduced through Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022, Responsible Persons have additional duties relating to the recording of fire risk assessments and fire safety arrangements, as well as cooperation and coordination where more than one Responsible Person is involved.

Fire safety log books can help businesses record information relating to training, testing and maintenance. Avon Fire & Rescue Service provides guidance for different types of premises, including commercial premises and residential blocks of flats.

Where a premises is altered, its use changes, occupancy changes or other significant circumstances arise, the fire risk assessment should be revisited to consider the effect on fire safety arrangements.

For multi-occupied premises, cooperation and coordination between Responsible Persons can be important where different organisations, landlords or managers have responsibility for parts of the same building.