- Overview
- Fire Safety At Home
- Community Fire Safety
- Business Fire Safety
- Fire Safety Guidance
- How is the Fire Safety Order enforced?
- Contact Your Local Fire Safety Enforcement Team
- CLG’s Guide to Fire Safety Risk Assessments
- Arson Prevention
- Heritage Buildings
- Construction Site Fire Safety
- Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals Policy
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Enforcement Notices
- The Dangerous Substances (NAMOS) Regulations 1990
A set of guides have been produced by Communities and Local Government which will tell you what you have to do to comply with fire safety law. The guides help you to carry out a fire risk assessment at your workplace and identify the general fire precautions you need to have in place. They are designed so that a responsible person, with limited formal training or experience, should be able to carry out a fire risk assessment and make sure that they are meeting the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.You will need to take account of where you handle and store flammable substances and determine the necessary precautions to minimise the likelihood of them being involved in a fire. If you read the guide and decide you are unable to apply the guidance then you should seek expert advice. More complex premises will probably need to be assessed by a person who has comprehensive training or experience in fire risk assessment. However, these guides may be appropriate for more complex, multi-occupied buildings to address fire safety issues in individual occupancies.
The guides can be viewed on the Department of Communities and Local Government websites: http://www.communities.gov.uk/fire/firesafety/firesafetylaw/