Can you undertake your own fire risk evaluation?Can you undertake your own fire risk evaluation?
A regularly asked question by property managers, building owners and those accountable for handling fire safety is– can I do my own fire risk analysis?
In this article, we’re going to reveal why it is conceivable– but may not necessarily be the correct choice to make. Who are we? Fire Risk Assessment
The short answer is ‘Of course – you can perform your own fire risk analysis’, there is absolutely nothing stopping you from Googling an online design template for a fire risk analysis and filling out the fields to define your structure, what you do, and any risks you can identify from the limited knowledge you have. If in doubt get in touch Find Out More
You could possibly even do your own analysis, perhaps even attend a fire safety program. This may have been satisfactory prior to 2005, as the fire service used to visit your building and carry out an audit to deliver you with a fire certificate. But, since then, the requirements and law for fire safety became much more stringent and things changed substantially.
The law for fire safety – The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which was effectively introduced in 2006– was designed to reform fire safety in England & Wales, to bring in the need for a suitable and adequate fire risk analysis to be carried out for all non-domestic premises.
The words ‘suitable and sufficient’ when used in law, were undoubtedly brought under examination, but the definition has since been made very obvious:
A suitable and sufficient fire risk analysis can only be carried out by a competent man or woman.
‘Competent’ can be defined as someone with enough training, credentials, experience and attitude. A competent person must have received specific training in relation to fire risk assessments, they must have some form of qualification to back that up, experience in assessing your type of building, and the right approach to ensure they’re able to communicate the results effectively. All of the above can be achieved for your fire risk analysis by using outside inspectors.
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