Fire Risk Assessment
- Existing fire safety law will be repealed or revoked and replaced with the Regulatory Reform (Fire safety) Order 2005, which has now received parliamentary approval on 7th June 2005 and will come into force April 2006.
- Fire certificates will be abolished
- Responsible person(s) will be responsible for fire safety. They must conduct a fire risk assessment regardless of the risk.
- The identified responsible person(s) would take full corporate liability.
- Extended scope of consideration now to include property safety, fire fighter safety and the environment around the site.
- Unlike the amended 1997 Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations, the RRFSO places emphasis on business continuity.
- Protection is explicitly extended to all occupants, which would include employees, visitors, contractors and passers-by.
- Blazebusters offer organisations assessments of the fire risks that exist on their premises and provide plans to manage their risk to satisfy this legal requirement.
