Fire Safety Guides
Fire safety guides help building managers and Responsible Persons understand assessment scope, duties and practical next steps. Choose a topic below for building-specific questions to discuss with your assessor.
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Reviewed by Tom Linstead, Founder and Partner, RiSKFiX LLP
Which question do you need answered?
What Affects the Cost of a Fire Risk Assessment?
Understand the building details, documents and access arrangements that shape an assessment quote.
Fire Risk Assessments for Blocks of Flats
Compare Types 1 to 4 and understand common-parts scope and entrance door checking duties.
Is a Fire Risk Assessment a Legal Requirement?
Understand the premises covered, the Responsible Person’s duty and full recording requirements.
How Often Should a Fire Risk Assessment Be Reviewed?
Identify review triggers and distinguish a review from a new assessment.
Fire Risk Assessment vs Fire Strategy: What's the Difference?
Compare risk assessment with design strategy and explore retrospective strategies.
Who Can Carry Out a Fire Risk Assessment?
Ask practical questions about competence, relevant experience, reporting and follow-up.
Legionella Risk Assessments for Landlords
Understand landlord water-system duties, assessment scope and ongoing review.
Fire Risk Assessments in London
Plan London assessment scope, access and attendance with our national team.
Which related pages can help?
What else should you know?
- Start with the flats guide to understand the scope of Types 1 to 4, then the review guide to plan the assessment's continuing review.
- The legal-requirement guide explains the Order's scope, the Responsible Person and the full-recording duty in general terms. Take advice on your own situation.
- The assessment-versus-strategy guide compares risk-based actions with the explanation of a building's fire safety design.
- Use the cost page's checklist: address, use, floors, approximate area, flat numbers and access where relevant, previous assessment and deadline.
- The legionella guide explains landlord water-system duties, the relevant HSE guidance and assessment review arrangements.
- Tom Linstead, Founder and Partner of RiSKFiX LLP, reviews the guides on this site.