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Fire risk assessments

If you are an owner, landlord or occupier of business or other non-domestic premises, fire safety is your responsibility. You are known as the responsible person.

As the responsible person, you must:

  • carry out a fire risk assessment of the premises and review it regularly
  • tell staff or their representatives about the risks that you have identified
  • put appropriate fire safety measures in place and make sure they are maintained
  • plan for an emergency
  • provide fire safety instructions, training and information for staff

What is involved in fire risk assessments

There are 3 main parts of a fire risk assessment:

  1. a physical inspection of the building
  2. a review of fire safety management in the organisation
  3. consideration of how people will respond to an emergency

Visit GOV.UK for further information on fire risk assessments.

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