If you are a Landlord and privately rent out residential accommodation or you appoint a Managing Agent to manage the premise for you, you are both responsible for the Fire Safety of the Premise and the Tenants.
The following are just some of the Fire Safety requirements you
should be providing
·
Sufficient Fire Detection and Alarm
·
Fire Doors – must have effective
Self Closing devices, never wedged and regularly checked for damage.
·
Fire protection and Fire
stopping to service risers, and between individual flats, corridors and the
means of escape routes.
·
Storage – there should be no
storage on the means of escape, communal areas and electrical and gas risers.
·
A current Fire Safety Risk
Assessment which must include an Emergency Escape Plan.
·
Communication – Fire Safety information
and the Emergency Escape Plan must be given to the Tenant and kept up to date.
Every Purpose
Built Block of Flats or Houses converted into Flats in London and
Manchester must have a ‘suitable and sufficient’ Fire Risk Assessment – it’s
the law.
The Landlord or Managing Agent for the premise must also ensure
that the Fire Risk Assessor they appoint is accredited. But how do they know
if a Fire Risk Assessor has met the competency criteria?
A third-party certified provider gives assurance that the risk
assessment will be conducted by a competent assessor who will go beyond the cheap,
basic tick-box approach in order to meet the ‘suitable and sufficient’
legislative requirement.
London Fire Risk Assessments are completely independent of any companies
offering Fire Safety Protection Services therefore their advice is unbiased. They
have been established for over 15 years and all their Fire Safety Risk Assessors have qualified with the Institution
of Fire Engineers the Fire Protection Association, CS Todd Associates
and the Institute of Fire Safety Managers. They are on the IFSM Register
of accredited Fire Risk Assessors and the National Register of
Accredited Fire Risk Assessors. They are fully insured, and all their Assessors
are retired Fire Brigade Fire Safety Officers, so they know how to put
Fires out and how to prevent them!
If you are a Landlord or Managing Agent and don’t have a current Fire Risk Assessment for your premise you are in breach of the Fire Safety Laws. If you wish to arrange a Fire Safety Inspection and Audit by an accredited Fire Risk Assessor then contact London Fire Risk Assessments now on 0781 8888626 London or 07824 185293 Manchester alternatively click here
