The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 regulations came
into effect on Sunday 1 October 2006.
The new law :
- Emphasises the prevention of fires and risk
reduction.
- Makes it your responsibility to ensure the safety of everyone
who uses your premises and those in the immediate
vicinity.
- Does away with the need for fire certificates.
A set of guidance books are now available .
The guides:
- tell you what you have to do to comply with fire safety law;
and
- help you to carry out a Fire Safety
Risk Assessment and identify the general fire precautions you
need to have in place.
The guides are designed so that a responsible person, with
limited formal training or experience, should be able to carry out
a Fire Safety Risk Assessment. If you read the guide and decide you
are unable to apply the guidance then you should seek expert
advice.
These guides are appropriate for more complex,
multi-occupied buildings, enabling you to address fire
safety issues in individual occupancies.
More complex premises will need to be assessed by a person who
has comprehensive training or experience in fire risk
assessment.
Click on any of the titles below to download each
guide. These links take you to an external website -
Communities and Local Government (CLG)
Download the Entry Level Guide from the CLG website - A
short guide to making your premises safe from fire
People with special needs
Measures must be taken to ensure people with special needs
can benefit from the above Fire Safety Risk
Assessment. Further guidance can be obtained from:
Fire Safety Risk Assessment - Means of escape for disabled people
(supplementary guide) from the CLG website.
Dangerous substances
You will need to take account of where you use and store
flammable substances and determine the necessary precautions to
minimise the chance of them being involved in a fire. More
information can be found in Dangerous
Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR) on
the Health and Safety Executive's website
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