Compliance with Fire Safety legislation is an increasingly important aspect of the management of Health & Safety for many workplaces. Since the enactment of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, businesses are increasingly being asked by the Fire Officer for their Fire Safety Risk Assessments. Failure to provide this Fire Safety Risk Assessment may lead to an improvement notice being served or some other enforcement action. CoLaw can assist you and your business to meet its Fire Safety duties.
We can:
- Assist the responsible person with their Fire Safety duties
- Carry out a Fire Safety Risk Assessment (FSRA) of your premises
- Create a Fire Safety Improvement Plan
- Help to create emergency procedures
- Provide suitable documentation for Fire Safety records
Many of the measures that we recommend are simple and low cost, yet are effective at reducing your risks from fire.
Our Fire Safety specialist served over 25 years with Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service both as an operational fire fighter and a fire safety officer. During his Fire Service career he attended numerous fires and incidents and also received the Chief Fire Officer Special Recognition on two separate occasions. He has considerable experience in most aspects of Fire Safety including license and certified premises, schools and colleges, hotels, residential care and other sleeping risk premises, as well as multi and single occupancy factories, shops etc. He is a graduate member of the Institute of Fire Engineers, member of the Fire Protection Association and has attended various courses at the Fire Service College, Morton-in-the-Marsh.
CoLaw are based in Loughborough, Leicestershire - ideally situated to serve clients in and around Leicester and the East Midlands.
Changes associated with The Fire Safety (England) (Employees' Capabilities) Regulations 2010
These regulations came into force on 06 April 6 2010 and have been issued to close a perceived gap in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. They require that employers delegating fire safety tasks take into account the fire safety capabilities of the employees to whom these tasks are delegated. This "new" fire safety legislation formalises a duty which was (arguably) already implicitly present in the existing legislation, i.e., the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
