Risk Assessments
In England and Wales, if you’re an employer, owner, landlord or occupier of business or other non-domestic premises, you’re responsible for fire safety and are known as the ‘responsible person’. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 details what you have to do to comply with the law.
Your first task is to carry out a Fire Risk Assessment which identifies all the possible fire hazards in the work environment and details what prevention measures are required. The person who provides such a document should be “suitably qualified”.
At Horizon Fire we believe this means the assessor should be an independent advisor with a good deal of experience in fire protection and safety. Horizon Fire provides total in-depth fire risk assessment solutions, our Fire Risk Assessors, many with over 25 years safety experience, will work alongside yourself and employees to identify and minimize risks, in addition to ensuring all staff know what to do the event of a Fire.
A fire risk assessment from Horizon Fire, will ensure you have the best knowledge of what is required to bring your premises/site to a safe standard in accordance with current legislation.
As a Horizon Fire customer, we want to ensure that you are protected to the best of our ability against the risks of fire, and just as importantly, against the issues arising in proving your compliance with the law.
Fire Training Legislation
For premises that hold a Fire Certificate, details of staff training may be specified. Staff training may also be required under the Fire Precautions (Work Place) Regulations (1997, amended 1999). A Fire Risk Assessment will detail the exact training employers are obliged to provide by law.
In England and Wales, if you’re an employer, owner, landlord or occupier of business or other non-domestic premises, you’re responsible for fire safety and are known as the ‘responsible person’. (The rules are different in Scotland and Northern Ireland – please ring us for specific advice). As the ‘responsible person’ you are required by law (Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005) to: carry out and regularly review a fire risk assessment of the premises tell staff and/or their representatives about the risks you’ve identified put in place, and maintain, adequate and appropriate fire safety measures to remove or reduce the risk to life plan for an emergency provide staff information, fire safety instruction and training
You could get fined and/or go to prison if you don’t follow fire safety regulations. Minor penalties can be up to £5,000. Major penalties can have unlimited fines and up to 2 years in prison. If you need advice on your training responsibilities then please give us a call.
Fire Safety Training
Employers have always been required to ensure employees are aware of Fire Precautions at their place of work. Horizon Fire offers a choice of training courses, tailored to meet the majority of our customers’ needs.
You can be sure Horizon Fire will provide you with sound knowledge and effective Fire Safety practice. Horizon offer a range of training options for companies to ensure that employees understand Fire Prevention and are familiar with Fire Regulations. We will train your nominated staff members at your own premises and ensure the training program suits your companies requirements. Course material is tailored to individual company needs and fully bespoke courses are also offered to meet specific customer requirements.
