Fire Safety Cornwall Ltd
Fire Safety Legal Obligations
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005:
Effectively, this imposes a duty upon employers and business operators to self-manage fire safety. In particular, you must undertake your own fire risk assessments.
This law imposes very demanding legal obligations upon employers as the legally defined ‘Responsible Person’ to provide ‘general fire precautions’ for the safety of people in buildings.
Fire risk assessments:
These are obligatory in all workplaces or buildings to which the public have access. We are able to undertake your fire risk assessment for you and provide you with a fire risk assessment report which contains sound practical advice with regard to compliance.
General fire precautions:
Include measures that will:
Reduce the risk of spread of fire
Provide safe and effective means of escape
Ensure that means of escape can be safely and effectively used
Ensure effective means of fighting fires on the premises
Ensure the effective detection of fire
Ensure adequate warning in case of fire
Provide arrangements for emergency action in the event of fire
Instruction and training
