FAQs

Q1. What exactly is a Fire Risk Assessment?

It is basically a proper look around your building to find anything that could cause a fire or make one worse. Things like blocked escape routes, faulty electrics, how flammable materials are stored. Once the risks are identified, you get a report telling you what needs sorting and in what order. Every non-domestic building in the UK needs one by law under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

Yes, no matter the size. A one-room office, a small shop, a rented HMO, all fall under the same legal requirement. The assessment itself will be straightforward for a small space, but skipping it is not an option legally. We keep it proportionate to your premises so it never feels over the top.

Yes, we carry out fire risk assessment in Birmingham regularly. We have worked across offices, retail units, warehouses and HMOs all over the city. Book a visit and one of our assessors will come to you, have a proper look around, and hand you a clear written report with no unnecessary extras padded in.

We do. We carry out fire risk assessment in Leicester and the surrounding areas quite regularly. We visit the site, go through everything properly, and give you a report that tells you exactly what the situation is and what, if anything, needs doing. Straightforward and honest, nothing inflated.

Both covered. We provide fire risk assessment in Nottingham and fire risk assessment in Coventry on a regular basis. We work across the Midlands a lot. Not sure if we reach your specific location? Just ring us. Most of the time the answer is yes.

Yes. Alongside our fire safety work, we provide health and safety training in Milton Keynes for businesses of all sizes. Everything is online so your staff can work through it without needing a full day out of the business. We cover standard health and safety as well as health and social care for teams working in that sector.

Not straight away. Get a second opinion first. We have reviewed a lot of cases where the original advice turned out to be excessive or just plain wrong. Because we do not sell any fire safety products, there is nothing in it for us to tell you something needs replacing when it does not. If the quote you have been given feels off, talk to us before committing to anything.

A small building could be done in an hour or so. Larger or more complicated sites take longer, sometimes most of a day. Once we are done you get a written report covering what we found, who is at risk, and what needs to be done about it, with actions listed by priority. Plain language, nothing buried in technical terms.

There is no set number of years in law but it should be looked at again whenever something changes. A building refit, more staff, a different use for part of the premises, anything like that triggers a review. Yearly checks are a sensible habit for most businesses. We will give you a clear steer on this after we have seen your site.

Honestly, the biggest thing is that we have no products to sell. A lot of companies offering fire risk assessments also sell extinguishers, alarms and signage. That creates an obvious conflict. We are purely consultants, so what we tell you is based on your building and nothing else. We hold BAFE certification, SSAIB registration and NFRAR Advanced Level accreditation and our lead assessor carries IFE and IFSM Tier 3 status. We are straight with people and we do not recommend work that does not need doing.