How do you carry out a fire risk assessment?
Carrying out the assessment
- Identify the fire hazards.
- Identify people at risk.
- Evaluate, remove or reduce the risks.
- Record your findings, prepare an emergency plan and provide training.
- Review and update the fire risk assessment regularly.
Who carries out fire risk assessments?
An owner of the company is responsible for completing a fire risk assessment, too. Others who are responsible include landlords, as well as an occupier. If a person has control of the premise, then they are the ones responsible for carrying out an assessment.
Can you carry out your own fire risk assessment?
Can we do your Fire Risk Assessment for you? Unfortunately not. If you don’t have the expertise – or time – to do the fire risk assessment yourself, appoint a specialist to do it for you.
How often do fire risk assessments need to be carried out?
The Fire Risk Assessment must be reviewed on a regular basis. It is recommended that the following be included in the review: Every 12 months after the original assessment is done. Every 5 years a new assessment should be conducted.
Can I carry out a fire risk assessment myself?
In simple terms yes, there is no reason why you cannot complete your own fire safety risk assessment. The Fire Safety Risk Assessment must be completed by a “Competent Person”. Therefore you must have the necessary knowledge, skills and experience. The Fire Safety Risk Assessment must also be “Suitable and Sufficient”.
Who is responsible for carrying out risk assessments?
the employer
It is the responsibility of the employer (or self-employed person) to carry out the risk assessment at work or to appoint someone with the relevant knowledge, experience and skills to do so.
What is the first step to perform when carrying out a fire risk assessment?
How to do a Fire Risk Assessment
- Identify the fire hazards.
- Identify people at risk.
- Evaluate, remove or reduce the risks.
- Record your findings, prepare an emergency plan and provide training.
- Review and update the fire risk assessment regularly.
What is a Type 3 fire risk assessment?
Type 3 Fire Risk Assessments This type of assessment covers all common areas of a building – and individual dwellings. A Type 3 FRA considers all means of escapes (including those within individual dwellings), structures, and compartmentation between flats and any means of fire detection.
What does PAS 79 stand for?
Fire risk assessment
PAS 79 (Fire risk assessment – Guidance and a recommended methodology) is a Publicly Available Specification published by the British Standards Institution.