Fire risk assessment
All employers are now required by law to undertake a Fire Risk Assessment. This is the systematic investigation of the potential sources of fire in the workplace, the dangers that fire poses to those who use the workplace, and how the risk and spread of fire can be minimised.
Once the required risks have been identified, all recommended changes must be implemented.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, 2005 (FSO), which came into force in April 2006, even businesses with a valid Fire Certificate must carry out this assessment, and all employers must take fire precautions to ensure the safety of employees and other relevant people, and the safety of premises.
According to the Order, “the responsible person must make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to which relevant persons are exposed for the purpose of identifying the general fire precautions he needs to take”.
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