Fire safety assessment form and checklist

When to use:

In October 2006, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 became effective. The obligations of all businesses have been increased.  There are no exceptions.  Even if you have no employees, the regulations apply to cover other visitors to your premises.

There are two good reasons to buy these documents.

First, Net Lawman has drawn a set of Fire Safety document templates to create for you a low cost route to compliance.  As with all such documents, simply completing a form does not automatically mean you have complied.  The purpose of the regulations is to make us all consider fire risks, reduce them where possible and inform everyone as appropriate.  However, if you have a legal claim, or an employment claim, or simply a visit from your insurer, it will be difficult for anyone to say you have failed to comply, if these documents are in place.

Second, if you have the documents in place, it is very easy to diarise ahead a few months and update them.  You can turn another piece of mind boggling red tape into a 30 minute task. (Note however, that in law, the duty is ongoing and requires constant monitoring!)

There are eight documents in the set. You are advised to look at all of them and judge which you need.  All businesses are advised to buy HSE10, HSE11 and HSE16.  Whether or not you need the others depends on your judgement of your fire risks.

The text above appears on each document introduction page.  You do not need to re-read it for another document in this set.

HSE16:             Fire safety assessment form and checklist

This document sets out an assessment form and checklist for simple yet effective analysis of the overall level of risk in a premises. 

HSE16 includes provisions for the following:

"           prompt questions in the following areas:

·         management,

·         premises structure,

·         staff awareness and training,

·         visitors, the disabled and contractors,

·         fire exits and escape routes,

·         fire and exit doors,

·         fire prevention,

·         fire fighting equipment

·         business continuity

“           General Obligations to assess the complete fire procedures in any premises?

“           simple tick boxes to show whether a particular procedure is in place ensures nothing can be inadvertenantly ‘missed’

“           Provision for comments regarding an identified risk and the action required to minimise the risk

“           indispensable detailed analysis of a breakdown of the fire regulations and how to comply with ease.

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