Have you considered your FRA requirements for seasonal extended operating hours
You’ll need to ensure you have reviewed your fire risk assessment & life safety arrangements to ensure that staff & customers are adequately protected.
Industry advisors analysed more than 4,782 large loss claims to gauge what can be learned about major fires
The “Know Your Building” campaign, is helping building owners and managers achieve stronger business resilience when it comes to the threat of fire.
Fire Risk Assessment Bulletin December 2020
When considering fire alarm coverage and Fire Risk Assessment issues for care homes and sites with supported living where residents medications include the use of creams and pastes for varying skin conditions it must be understood how these may react in the event that there is a fire within the property (not just the bedroom)…
Taking Fire Risk Assessment seriously
In these very challenging times and in a post Hackitt world there is a need for some consideration and reflection on the quality and content of fire risk assessments that may be provided either direct by the client or via the incumbent contractor. Now more than at any time since the introduction of the RRO…
Tyre blaze in Bradford closes schools and brings travel chaos
A large fire involving thousands of scrap tyres in Bradford has caused school closures and travel disruption.
Rochdale property owner and fire risk assessor charged with multiple counts of breaching fire safety regulations
Manjit Dulay, from Rochdale, owned a £30m property empire but ran it ‘like a corner shop’, a court heard. In 2014 he was ordered to carry out urgent improvements at St Clément’s Court, a block of more than 70 flats he owns in Leicester, Leicestershire Live reports. Repeated inspections uncovered a string of problems including…
Veritas Fire Support launches Fire Risk Assessment Support Package
Veritas Fire Support is pleased to announce the launch of an alternative to a fixed annual sum for fire risk assessment support Veritas is offering a package of support measures to sedentary sites where there may be a need for additional work to cover liaison meetings with contractors, residents or tenants, BCO or brigade, insurance…
Why is external peer review and overwatch critical in fire risk assessment works?
The need for both external peer review & overwatch on what is provided is key to ensuring both the quality & content of the fire risk assessment report.
Schools are twice as likely as other buildings to be hit by a blaze
A comprehensive study by Zurich Municipal of all English schools shows ‘perfect storm’ of risky buildings and poor fire detection and prevention measures.
It’s time to think about the impact of Covid 19 on your Fire Risk Assessment
In these unprecedented times issues within business premises and the shops and stores we are being allowed back into after the Covid-19 lockdown, there must be some consideration within their Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) regarding the escape routes that may have now been modified and barricaded to build a one-way system to funnel their customers…