A quality fire risk assessment is a vital obligation in fire safety legislation for all non-domestic/commercial buildings nationwide.
A “suitable and sufficient” Fire Risk Assessment is the core foundation of any building’s fire safety policy. Its purpose is to identify any hazards and provide important information for the person responsible for fire safety to carry out, mitigating any risk as best as possible.
As the person or team appointed responsible for fire safety in your building (Responsible Person/Duty Holder), you can perform this assessment yourself. However, if you are not 100% confident in your ability to fulfil this important task then it is strongly recommended that you use an appropriately Third Party Certificated provider.
TES are a BAFE approved company.
BAFE manage and maintain a Scheme called BAFE SP205 which covers Life Safety Fire Risk Assessment. This Scheme exists to deliver quality, independent evidence that providers are competent to deliver quality fire risk assessment services.
No matter who carries out the fire risk assessment the duty holder retains the responsibility for ensuring the adequacy of that assessment.
If employing a specialist to undertake your fire risk assessment, whilst you are not expected to be an expert in fire safety, you should make reasonable checks to ensure that they are competent to do the job properly. There are some precautions you can take to help verify the competence and suitability of a prospective fire risk assessor
You will need to make sure you are satisfied that the fire risk assessor providing this service is competent to do so. We recommend you check that those providing this service have independent registration with, or certification from, a professional or certification body and that they meet the competency criteria established by the Fire Risk Assessment Competency Council.
At TES we are proud that our team is fully qualified and are experts in the fire security industry, so if your looking to have a fire risk assessment, contact Tennals environmental services today!
