Fire Risk Assessments [FRA’s]
All commercial premises are legally obliged to have a suitable and sufficient current FRA of the premises. An assessor has to be competent in order to undertake a fire risk assessment under the law.
New legislation [Building Safety] will further make it a duty of the building manager/controller to satisfy themselves that the assessor or surveyor is suitably competent. The best way to demonstrate competence is through formal, recognised qualifications.
Our FRA surveyors are formally qualified and insured.
Non-compliance may render fire insurance null and void and the company/owners liable to prosecution.
Act now, ensure legal obligations are fulfilled, and the business is protected.
Compliance
Compliance simply is the demonstration by an organisation that it understands its responsibilities under the law. This will require evidence of suitable policies, procedures and documentary proof. Ilisi can audit and review existing arrangements, introduce new appropriate systems and provide on-going support.
CDM Co-ordination
Regulatory advice is provided by ilisi for relevant construction projects under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
CDM advice provides the client with project support in respect of construction health and safety risk management matters.
Further to The Building Safety Act 2022:
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 has been updated, in part, regarding Fire Risk Assessments [FRA’s] as follows:
‘Risk Assessment [section 9] …
9 (3) Any such assessment must be reviewed by the responsible person regularly, so as to keep it up to date and particularly if—
(a)there is reason to suspect that it is no longer valid; or
(b)there has been a significant change in the matters to which it relates including when the premises, special, technical and organisational measures, or organisation of the work undergo significant changes, extensions, or conversions, and where changes to an assessment are required as a result of any such review, the responsible person must make them.’
Put simply, an FRA needs to be undertaken regularly irrespective of any changes. Any significant changes merely add to the urgency of the regular review.
In addition, the ‘responsible person’ in an organisation i.e. the Owner or Managing Director is responsible for the competence of the person/organisation undertaking the FRA.
All our assessors at Ilisi Expert Legal Compliance are formally qualified and insured to undertake or audit fire risk assessments.
