If you are a business owner, landlord, or managing agent of a property, you have a legal obligation to ensure this property meets all of the necessary fire safety requirements.

This can be difficult to do, especially if you have very little history on the building you occupy. A fire risk assessment is an ideal tool, providing you with an action plan to improve upon the building's fire risk management.

A fire risk assessment is an organised inspection of your premises to ascertain if there are any fire hazards that could cause harm, identifying the measures currently in place, and estimating the level of risk for existing hazards. The aim of a fire risk assessment is to remove these hazards and to reduce them to an acceptable level.

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, a fire risk assessment is a legal requirement for most types of buildings used as a place of work, or residential buildings made up of more than a single dwelling. The fire safety risk assessment may reveal a need for other fire safety surveys, such as a fire compartmentation or external wall survey.

Why choose NW Fire Solutions for your fire risk assessment

The Fire Safety Order does not stipulate any formal qualifications in order to be able to carry out a fire risk assessment, as long as the assessor is ‘competent.’ However, given the complexities and legal ramifications of failing to carry out this task correctly, many business owners arrange for an experienced and qualified fire safety advisor to complete the fire safety risk assessment on their behalf.

All NW Fire Solutions assessors hold a Level 4 Fire Safety Diploma or above and have extensive fire safety experience in a variety of building types, so you can rest assured that any hazards will be identified. We also provide all of our customers with access to both our job and risk assessment software portals at no additional cost, to assist with the management of planning and any ongoing actions.

NW Fire Solutions is BAFE SP205 accredited under the National Security Inspectorate Fire Silver Scheme. This means that all of our fire risk assessments are completed and quality assured to a high standard, and can be relied upon as an accurate assessment of your premises.

We provide all types of fire risk assessment for all types of properties, from residential and commercial to industrial and educational fire risk assessments, to help you stay compliant with your responsibilities as a premises owner or manager.