Fire Safety Regulations in the UK

Keeping compliance simple

At Commercial Fire Protection, we recognise that fire safety regulations in the UK are complex. As your compliance partner, we guide you through them, helping you to stay compliant with your legal obligations.

We’re here to lighten the load and simplify the complexity, to deliver compliance seamlessly and cost-effectively. Below, we break down the legal requirements under the UK’s current fire safety regulations – and explore how our team can help you meet them.

Fire safety laws explained

If you’re an owner, manager, or occupier of a commercial building in the UK, you are legally recognised as a Responsible Person. This means that under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, you are personally responsible by law for ensuring your staff, visitors and property are protected from fire.

To comply with fire safety regulations in the UK, actions you must take include (but are not limited to):

  • Conduct a Fire Risk Assessment to identify fire hazards, recognise people at risk, and minimise or remove these risks.
  • Create a Fire Emergency Evacuation Plan (FEEP), and ensure escape routes are available, signposted and accessible.
  • Take steps to prevent the spread of fire through necessary passive fire protection measures, such as fire door sets.
  • Provide appropriate fire-fighting equipment, such as fire extinguishers or sprinkler systems.
  • Install and maintain fire detection systems where required and test their effectiveness through regular fire drills.
  • Regularly review fire risks and ensure all fire protection systems are in good working order.

Getting started: your Fire Risk Assessment (FRA)

To get you started on your compliance with UK fire safety regulations, we take you through a Fire Risk Assessment (FRA).

Having a current FRA is a legal requirement under UK fire legislation, and the assessment informs many other compliance activities. By helping you with it, we put you in a stronger compliance position from the start.

As members of the Institute of Fire Safety Managers and the Institution of Fire Engineers, our team ensures your assessment covers all bases, including a thorough review of your premises, detailed reports, and a comprehensive Fire Emergency Evacuation Plan (FEEP).

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Getting started with your Fire Risk Assessment

Compliance with UK fire safety regulations starts with your Fire Risk Assessment. The penalties for inadequate fire safety precautions can be severe  – so it’s always best to use a professional risk assessor.

As members of the Institute of Fire Safety Managers, our fire risk consultants can ensure your assessment covers all bases, including a thorough review of your premises, detailed reports, and a comprehensive Fire Emergency Evacuation Plan (FEEP).

If you’re worried about compliance with fire safety regulations and don’t know where to start, speak to our team about your Fire Risk Assessment today.

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Why choose Commercial Fire Protection?

When you choose CFP as your compliance partner, you entrust the work to skilled, experienced fire engineers, certified by the BM Trada Q-Mark Scheme.

When it comes to carrying out any work that the FRA has shown is required to keep you compliant, we’re competent and qualified to deliver that too. In fact, across every area of fire safety, from Fire Strategy, Fire Emergency Evacuation Plans (FEEPs), and Fire Risk Assessments (FRAs), to passive fire protection features like fire stopping, fire door solutions, and fire compartmentation as well as active fire protection like alarms, extinguishers and sprinklers – we look after all your needs.

You can be confident that every process, method, material, and accessory we use meets exacting industry standards, and ensures compliance with your legal fire safety obligations.

To learn more about fire safety regulations in the UK, and how to ensure your building meets compliance requirements, get in touch today.