"Responsibility for complying with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 rests with the 'responsible person' who in the workplace generally is the employer but could include anyone who may have control of any part of the premises and this could include the Landlord".
The responsible person(s) must carry out or have carried out a Fire Risk Assessment that should include for the structure of the premises, storage of dangerous materials and persons at special risk such as the disabled and those with special needs. In the case of those premises that have 5 or more persons who are likely to be affected by a fire in the premises, the significant findings of the Fire Risk Assessment must be written down. A Fire Risk Assessment is an organised and methodical look at your premises, the activities carried on there and the likelihood that a fire could start and cause harm to those in and around the premises.The aims of the Fire Risk Assessment are to identify fire risks and the hazards to lfe safety such as the following: The premises: factors such as height, construction, etc that have a bearing on the fire risk; the occupants: relevant factors, such as numbers, nature, identification of those at special risk etc; fire loss experience: information on previous fires at the premises is of value, on the basis that what has happened before could possibly happen again; the fire hazards and measures for their elimination or control: ignition sources and hazardous situations that could cause a fire, along with measures to mitigate the probability of fire; fire protection measures: consideration of all measures to protect occupants when fire occurs and evaluation of their adequacy;
management of fire safety: review and assessment of procedures and policies; the fire risk assessment: subjective expression of the level of fire risk; action plan: proposed measures with time frame for implementation.
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