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Fire Risk Assessment, Ensuring That It Is Suitable And Sufficient

Niall Rowan

Technical Officer

Association for Specialist Fire Protection

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Ensuring suitable and sufficient

Fire Risk Assessments

Fire risk assessment - Ensuring it is

suitable and sufficient

Niall Rowan

Technical Officer






Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

(and national equivalents)

Best thing since sliced bread?

Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes......erm Maybe

What are the issues surrounding the legislation?





• Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

• The Fire safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006, The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (sections 53-59)

• The Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

• General Applications Regulations 2007 under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, Fire Services Acts 1981 & 2003 (Ireland)

DIY Risk Based Legislation?





DIY MOT?





Can you imagine the Carnage ?





• 5-step checklist • Making your premises safe • Do you have paying guests? • Fire Risk Assessment - Offices & Shops • Fire Risk Assessment - Sleeping accommodation • Fire Risk Assessment - Educational premises • Fire Risk Assessment - Healthcare premises • Fire Risk Assessment - Theatres, cinemas and similar premises • Fire Risk Assessment - Factories and warehouses • Fire Risk Assessment - Transport premises and facilities • And many more…

D.I.Y Manuals

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-risk-assessment-5-step-checklist



https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-your-premises-safe-from-fire

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/do-you-have-paying-guests

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-risk-assessment-offices-and-shops




https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-risk-assessment-sleeping-accommodation




https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-risk-assessment-educational-premises




https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-risk-assessment-healthcare-premises




https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-risk-assessment-theatres-cinemas-and-similar-premises




https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-risk-assessment-factories-and-warehouses




https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-risk-assessment-transport-premises-and-facilities








Fire Risk Assessors – What do they look like?





And the big names get it wrong…

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• 2 Pubs with hotel rooms above

• 1 x 9 rooms

• 1 x 6 rooms

• There was no fire

• Responsible Person and Fire Risk Assessor both prosecuted under the Order

The Dial Hotel and Market Inn, Mansfield





Inspection by Fire & Rescue Service

“Common sense breaches”:

• Locked exits

• Blocked stairways

• Inadequate Fire Doors

• Non maintained fire alarm

• Non maintained extinguishers

• Non maintained emergency lighting





Result of the prosecution?

David Liu – Responsible Person

• 8 months prison (down from 12 due to guilty plea) and £15,000 fine

• Emergency lighting

John O’Rourke – Fire Risk Assessor

• 8 months prison (due to guilty plea) £5,862 fine

• Wholly unsatisfactory risk assessment

• Failure to use relevant guidance





We all want it Good, Cheap & Fast





Rats the way to do it!

Innovative solutions to selling risk assessments…





Assessments that are out of this world…





OK so what is suitable and sufficient?






Use a ‘Competent Person’ then?





What does Competent look like ?

incompetent competent

conscious

unconscious

A Z





incompetent competent

conscious

unconscious

Novice

Apprentice Journeyman

Master

What does Competent look like ?





The FRACC criteria…

• An understanding of the relevant current best fire safety practices in premises of the type in question

• An awareness of the limitations of the fire risk assessor’s own experience and knowledge

• A willingness and ability to supplement existing experience and knowledge, when necessary, by obtaining external help and advice





How do I achieve ‘competence’?

Experience Training

Education





1st and 2nd Party Registers





EN 45011 schemes (quality assurance)





BAFE SP 205



How do I choose ?





Some numbers

• Over 100 training providers in UK

• Varying standards

• FPA has trained in the region of 800

• Four main Fire Risk Assessor Registers

• More will come with take up of BAFE 2005





Advice from the prosecutor

• Know the legislation

• Know the guidance documents

• Qualifications/Training/CPD

• Competency

• Beware of precedents/templates

• Be premises specific

• Keep up to date

• Get experience





Summary

• Assessor must be competent

• Varies with the circumstances/premises

• Only use a consultant who is on a register

• Avoid checklists other than for simple premises

• Record the assessment

• Review the assessment

• RPs - Act on the assessment





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ASFP Office Tel: +353 (0) 1 6791324

Website: http://www.asfpireland.ie/

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ASFP Office Tel: +44 (0)1420 471612

ASFP Office Fax: +44 (0)1420 471611

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Niall Rowan - Technical Officer


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