Responsibility for complying with the Fire Safety Order rests with the aptly named 'responsible person'. In a workplace, this is the employer and any other person who may have control of any part of the premises, e.g. the occupier or owner. In all other premises the person or people in control of the premises will be responsible. If there is more than one responsible person in any type of premises, all must take all reasonable steps to work with each other.

If you are the responsible person you will have to carry out or arrange for a fire risk assessment to be carried out which must focus on the safety all 'relevant persons' in case of fire. It should pay particular attention to those at special risk, such as the disabled and those with special needs, and must include consideration of any dangerous substance likely to be on the premises. Your fire risk assessment will help you to identify risks that can be removed or reduced and to decide the nature and extent of the general fire precautions that you need to take to protect people against the fire risks that remain.

If you employ five or more people you must record the significant findings of the assessment.

If you feel that you need help with fire management within your workplace, your first step should be to ring us for an informal chat. This will help us to understand the issues within your workplace and what you require. Generally, there are three main services that we can offer:

Fire Risk Assessment

We can carry out your fire risk assessment for you. This would involve one of our consultants visiting your site to carry out the inspection and then writing up the assessment off-site.

Policies and Procedures

We can create your fire management procedures and emergency evacuation plans for you.

Training

- We can train your managers and supervisors in their responsibilties and how to assess fire risk.

- We can train your fire marshals.

- We can train all of your staff in general fire safety awareness.