As an employer or landlord, you have a legal responsibility to protect your building – and any occupants – from fire. This process begins with a Fire Risk Assessment.

A Fire Risk Assessment is a professional detailed look at a business, commercial or residential building, along with the activities carried out on the premise, then referencing the likelihood that a fire could start, and the potential to cause harm to those employees or tenants.

The primary aims of the Fire Risk Assessment are:

• to identify any fire hazard
• to reduce the risk of any hazards causing harm to a level as low as is reasonably practicable
• to decide what physical fire precautions and the management arrangements that are necessary, to ensure the safety of people in the premise and the immediate area
• to advise the responsible person accordingly on the action to take to either remove or mitigate the risk, or to reduce the outcome