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A fire risk assessment is not just about complying with the law, it brings real benefits in terms of minimising the chance of a fire occurring and more importantly, reducing the risk of someone being injured or killed as a result of a fire. 
Apart from being a specific legal requirement imposed upon all occupiers under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, (FSO), undertaking a fire risk assessment can also help you to identify potential weaknesses in your processes or procedures. This could not only improve the efficiency with which your organisation may deal with a real fire situation, but will also help you when demonstrating to your insurance company that you have at least satisfied the law and sought to improve fire precautions in your workplace or buildings under your control. The absence of such documentation could very well weaken your organisation's basis of a claim with your insurance underwriter.
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All our fire risk assessments are conducted in accordance with the current best practice guidelines to meet the FSO and use the following 5 step process:
Step 1 Identify all the fire hazards within your premises, this means identifying any potential sources of ignition and any substances or products that could catch fire.
Step 2 Identify people who could be especially at risk, their locations, how they can be protected against fire and how to ensure their safe means of escape from the premises.
Step 3 Evaluate the level of risk in your premises and then recommend a series of actions to eliminate or reduce as far as possible any identified hazards. Any residual risks would be evaluated and recommendations made as to further fire precautions required to ensure compliance. In essence we look at how fire may arise in the first instance, how it is detected and the alarm raised to warn occupants to evacuate and how it may escalate.
Step 4 Provide you with a prioritised action report which documents all identified hazards and risks and includes a checklist of recommended actions needed to ensure a reasonable level of fire safety. All reports are available in electronic pdf format and hard copy if you prefer and can be integrated into our SRManager web based risk management system
Step 5 To make sure your fire risk assessment is up to date we are able to conduct a review of your premises and advise of any changes to your level of risk. Fire risk assessments need to be carried out annually or sooner if there are any significant changes on site. This could include not only physical changes to your premises but factors such as an increase in the storage of combustible materials, changes in shift patterns or a change in the type or number of people using your premises.
 
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