Fire Risk Assessors North West
Fire Risk Assessment
Trusted Fire Professionals
Trusted Fire Professionals
A fire risk assessment will take a comprehensive look at your building and assess any possible hazards. There will look at fire hazards, investigate who would be in danger if a fire did break out, evaluate the risks in the office or building and see what can be done to limit these. A fire safety document with a plan of action will then be
A fire risk assessment will take a comprehensive look at your building and assess any possible hazards. There will look at fire hazards, investigate who would be in danger if a fire did break out, evaluate the risks in the office or building and see what can be done to limit these. A fire safety document with a plan of action will then be drawn up, and the fire risk assessment will be reviewed on a regular basis.
Fire Door Inspections and Fire Risk Assessments annually or quarterly depending on the building.
Delivering from our Salford / Manchester base throughout the UK.
Our Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Door Inspections are completed on a state of the art mobile app to help provide a clear report for you to understand and action.
We also offer compartmentation surveys for more complex issues to help provide further support which will enable you to ensure the compliance of your building.
QUALITY ASSURED
Our solution allows our senior fire consultants to view work while it is being carried out by all our consultants, allowing them to discuss risks identified where required. The solution ensures that every assessment is checked by the assessor and then by a senior assessor to validate the work, ensuring a robust quality assurance process.
Trusted Fire Professionals
Trusted Fire Professionals
Trusted Fire Professionals
Total Fire Group can help you conduct a comprehensive fire risk assessment for your business. Out of this, we can suggest solutions which will help to keep your business and your employees as safe as possible. We are certified by the Institute of Safety Managers (IFSM) working out of our Salford office and across the UK.
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Total Fire Group can help you conduct a comprehensive fire risk assessment for your business. Out of this, we can suggest solutions which will help to keep your business and your employees as safe as possible. We are certified by the Institute of Safety Managers (IFSM) working out of our Salford office and across the UK.
Carrying out a fire risk assessment is a legal requirement under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 for all non-domestic premises in England and Wales.
We can provide a competent person to carry this out for you and have a growing list of customers within the Manchester/Salford and North West.
Whether you occupy a single or multi-occupied office, restaurant, shop, hotel or any other type of commercial or residential property, we have competent and qualified assessors who can help. Our assessors can all be found on an accredited fire risk assessor national list.
Our fire risk assessment reports are customer friendly and we list the recommendations in a straight forward manner, telling you exactly what you need to do.
Used by Many
Trusted Fire Professionals
Used by Many
With over 100 clients across the North West and UK. our Salford, Manchester based fire safety officers will ensure legal compliance and the safety of your building.
WHY CHOOSE CALSON?
- Our Fire Risk Assessors are supported by a quality management team
- Our Fire Risk Assessors carry out fire risk assessments anywhere in the UK,
- Fast turnaround
With over 100 clients across the North West and UK. our Salford, Manchester based fire safety officers will ensure legal compliance and the safety of your building.
WHY CHOOSE CALSON?
- Our Fire Risk Assessors are supported by a quality management team
- Our Fire Risk Assessors carry out fire risk assessments anywhere in the UK,
- Fast turnaround time, for Fire Door and Fire Risk Assessments
- We help to review your fire risk assessment to ensure you remain compliant with the Fire Safety Order
- Our Fire Risk Assessors provide advice on facts recorded by our Fire Risk Assessments.
- Our Fire Risk Assessors provide initial fire risk assessments
- In the last 12 months alone our Fire Risk Assessors have carried out several Hundred fire risk assessments.
- Our Quality fire risk assessors ensure compliance with Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRO).
- Highly qualified fire risk assessors with verifiable experience and relevant qualifications.
Fire Compartmentation Surveys North West
Compartmentation Surveys
Buildings are divided up in to compartments to ensure that the spread of fire and smoke is limited to the compartment in which a fire starts.
As your building evolves, it is common to find breaches in compartment walls where services have penetrated through jeopardising the integrity of the compartment.
Our surveyors are trained to identify these penetrations, mark them up on electronic plans of your building and issue your report as a detailed and comprehensive document which you can use to obtain competitive quotes for the required works to rectify issues.
This Involves
An intrusive survey investigative works within loft areas, ceiling voids, floor voids, penetrations through compartment walls service risers to highlight any potential breaches through which fire and smoke may pass.
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Fire Consultants North West - Our highly-skilled team of fire consultants in North West England are available to assist you with all your passive fire protection needs. With the recent changes in fire safety regulations it’s more important than ever to ensure your building meets all the required standards. Carrying out a fire compartmentation survey in the North West can help give you peace of mind that your building is compliant with all the legislations. The safety of all occupants in the building is our top priority which is why all the surveys we carry out are followed by a comprehensive report that includes any potential areas of risk that need to be urgently addressed in order to keep your property safe. Call our team to book a fire compartmentation survey in the North West today.
FIRE RISK ASSESSMENTS MANCHESTER
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Calson Solutions is the number one fire risk assessment experts in Manchester. We offer a comprehensive range of inspections, and fire awareness courses to identify the necessary fire prevention and protection measures for any commercial property. Our fire risk assessments (FRAs) cover the Manchester area and the entire UK.
What is a Fire Risk Assessment?
A fire risk assessment is an in–depth analysis of a premises, its activities, and the potential for a fire to start and cause harm to those in and around the area. It is typically conducted by a qualified professional, who inspects the premises to identify any potential fire hazards, as well as any people who may be especially vulnerable.
Do I Need a Fire Risk Assessement?
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires a responsible person to carry out and regularly review a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment for any business or premises in the UK. This risk assessment must identify and evaluate all potential fire hazards, evaluate any existing fire safety measures, and assess the risk of injury or death from a fire. The responsible person must also review the fire risk assessment whenever there are significant changes in the premises or activities carried out there.
Our assessments are comprehensive and provide detailed advice on how to reduce risks to life and property in the event of a fire in the workplace.
REDUCES THE CHANCES OF FIRE
A fire risk assessment is an essential step for protecting lives and property from the risk of a fire. This assessment includes a comprehensive evaluation of the building, its components, and any potential fire hazards. By doing so, it is possible to identify and create solutions to reduce or eliminate the possibility of a fire breaking out in an office, or other building.
AVOID HEFTY FINES
A fire risk assessment is essential for any business, as it allows them to effectively and proactively manage the potential risks of fire and stay compliant with fire safety regulations. This assessment involves a thorough evaluation of the building or premises to identify any potential fire hazards and create a plan of action to reduce any risks. By carrying out this assessment, businesses can ensure that they are meeting the necessary safety standards and avoiding any hefty fines.
FACILITIES INSURANCE CLAIMS
A fire risk assessment can assist facilities in their insurance claims by pinpointing any fire hazards and any vulnerabilities in their fire protection and prevention systems. By examining these areas, the facility can ascertain if they are adequately prepared for any potential fire hazard and if they need to take further steps to minimize the risk of a fire.
KEEPS EVERYONE SAFE
Conducting a fire risk assessment is essential for safeguarding the health and safety of people in the workplace. This assessment helps identify fire hazards, assess the potential risk posed by each hazard, and create strategies for minimizing that risk. It also outlines the necessary steps for responding to a fire emergency, such as evacuation procedures and fire extinguisher use.
REDUCES LIABILITY
A fire risk assessment is essential in helping to reduce liability in the event of a fire. It provides an in-depth evaluation of the potential fire hazards in a given area, and offers recommendations on how to reduce the risk of fire. The assessment should cover the building’s layout, materials used, and fire prevention systems, in order to ensure that all safety measures are in place.
The Legal Bits
Fire Risk Assessment and Legal Compliance
FIRE SAFETY (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS UPDATE 2023
Background to the Fire Safety (England) Regulations
In 2017, at Grenfell Tower, a high-rise block in West London, a tragic fire resulted in the deaths of 72 residents, the most serious loss of life in a single fire in the UK since World War 2. The Government immediately ordered a Public Inquiry into the fire.
In October 2019, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry published the findings of Phase 1 of the Inquiry. The findings included many important recommendations to prevent such a tragedy from ever happening again. The Government undertook, in principle, to introduce new regulations that would bring the recommendations into force. These regulations take the form of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 and extend duties imposed by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
FIRE RISK ASSESSMENT COMPETENCY
November 2020 saw the publication by the Fire Sector Federation (FSF) of Approved Code of Practice. A National Framework for Fire Risk Assessor Competency.
The Code details the “functional requirements” needed by a competent fire risk assessor, which links to the definition given for a competent person, this being “a person, suitably trained and qualified by knowledge and practical experience, and provided with the necessary instructions, to enable the required task(s) to be carried out correctly”.
Ultimate responsibility for the completion of a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment to meet legal compliance rests with the duty holder (ie the responsible person in England and Wales).
Where the duty holder intends to appoint another person to complete the fire risk assessment on their behalf, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 will make it a legal requirement to appoint a competent person.
This will apply whether the person is inhouse or an external third-party.
The Fire Sector Federation Approved Code of Practice is seen as the benchmark for competency of fire risk assessors.
Duties of the Responsible Person
(For multi-occupied residential buildings and those with common parts)
Information to residents
You must display fire safety instructions in a conspicuous part of the building. The instructions must be in a comprehensible form that residents can reasonably be expected to understand.
The instructions must cover the following matters:
the evacuation strategy for the building (e.g. stay put or simultaneous evacuation)
instructions on how to report a fire (e.g. use of 999 or 112, the correct address to give to the fire and rescue service, etc.)
any other instruction that tells residents what they must do when a fire has occurred
These instructions must also be provided directly to new residents as soon as reasonably practicable after they move into their accommodation, as should also be the case if there are any material changes to the instructions (e.g. as a result of alterations to the building). In addition, these instructions should be reissued to all existing residents at periods not exceeding 12 months.
You must also provide relevant information about fire doors, particularly residents’ flat entrance doors, as these play an important part in containing any fire within the flat in which it starts. In particular, you must provide information to all residents to the effect that:
fire doors should be shut when not in use
residents or their guests should not tamper with self-closing devices on fire doors
residents should report any fault with, or damage to, fire doors immediately to the Responsible Person
Again, the information about fire doors must be provided to residents as soon as reasonably practicable after they move into their flat and at periods not exceeding 12 months thereafter.
FOR HIGH RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS OVER 18 METRES IN HEIGHT:
Floor Plans and Building Plans
An up-to-date electronic floor plan identifying key fire fighting equipment must be made available and shared with the local fire and rescue service. A plan will need to be prepared for each floor, however where floors are identical, only one plan needs to be produced.
An additional single page building plan must also be provided which includes the location of all key fire fighting equipment, access points and environs.
Secure Information Boxes
UK contact details of responsible person/s, copies of floor plans identifying fire fighting equipment, a single page block plan identifying key fire fighting equipment must be made available, with access granted to the fire and rescue service.
Boxes should be maintained and contents kept up-to-date annually by the customer.
Wayfinding Signage
This signage must include clear markings identifying floor and individual flat numbers.
The floor identification signs should meet all of the following conditions:
a. The signs should be located on every landing of a protected stairway and every protected corridor/lobby (or open access balcony) into which a firefighting lift opens.
b. The text should be in sans serif typeface with a letter height of at least 50mm. The height of the numeral that designates the floor number should be at least 75mm.
c. The signs should be visible from the top step of a firefighting stair and, where possible, from inside a firefighting lift when the lift car doors open.
d. The signs should be mounted between 1.7m and 2m above floor level and, as far as practicable, all the signs should be mounted at the same height.
e. The text should be on a contrasting background, easily legible and readable in low level lighting conditions or when illuminated with a torch.
The wording used on each floor identification sign should take the form Floor X, with X designating the number of the storey, as intended for reference by residents. The floor number designations should meet all of the following conditions:
a. The floor closest to the mean ground level should be designated as either Floor 0 or Ground Floor.
b. Each floor above the ground floor should be numbered sequentially beginning with Floor 1.
c. A lower ground floor should be designated as either Floor –1 or Lower Ground Floor.
d. Each floor below the ground floor should be numbered sequentially beginning with Floor –1 or Basement 1.
All floor identification signs should be supplemented by flat indicator signs, which provide information relating to the flats accessed on each storey. The flat indicator signs should meet all of the following conditions:
a. The signs should be sited immediately below the floor identification signs, such that the top edge of the sign is no more than 50mm below the bottom edge of the floor identification sign.
b. The wording should take the form Flats X–Y, with the lowest flat number first.
c. The text should be in sans serif typeface with a letter height of at least half that of the floor indicator sign.
d. The wording should be supplemented by arrows when flats are in more than one direction.
e. The text and arrows should be on a contrasting background, easily legible and readable in low level lighting conditions or when illuminated with a torch.
NOTE: In the case of multi-storey flats with two or more entrances, the flat number should only be indicated on the normal access storey.
FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WITH STOREYS OVER 11 METRES IN HEIGHT:
Fire Doors
Undertake a quarterly check of all fire doors in the common parts and a best endeavour annual check of all flat entrance doors that lead onto common parts.
The quarterly check must be carried out by a responsible (competent) person and must include:
If there has been any alterations or damage to a door’s glazing apertures or air transfer grille
If there are any gaps around the door frame and that seals and hinges are fitted correctly
That the door closer shuts the door
That the door closes correctly around the whole frame
That there is no visible damage (either deliberate or from wear and tear) to the door or door closer
