Fire safety consultants in Northamptonshire

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The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 covers all buildings except domestic housing, replacing 118 previous fire safety laws, including the former fire certificate. This legislation applies to all commercial premises and workplaces, including those managed by voluntary organisations, the self-employed, and any location accessible to the public. In England and Wales, it also includes communal areas of multi-occupied residential buildings, such as flats and houses in multiple occupancy. Responsibility for fire safety now lies with those who manage the premises day-to-day rather than the fire authorities. At RELM Consultants Ltd, we support those responsible for fire safety (‘responsible person’ or ‘duty holder’) in completing fire risk assessments to ensure compliance with current fire safety laws. Based in Northamptonshire, we serve clients nationwide.

Who is responsible?

As an owner, landlord, occupier, or employer in Northampton, you are legally required to carry out a fire risk assessment under relevant fire safety laws. If you control or occupy any non-domestic premises, or even own it while it’s vacant, this responsibility likely applies to you. As the responsible person or duty holder, your obligations include:

Developing emergency response plans

Conducting regular fire risk assessments and keeping them up-to-date

Communicating identified fire risks to all staff

Implementing and maintaining necessary fire safety measures

Providing staff with essential fire safety information, instructions, and training

Differentiating premises

Here is how various premises are differentiated:

1. Non-domestic premises

Any place that the public have access to
All commercial premises and workplaces
Common areas of any multi-occupied, residential buildings

2. Shared premises

It is likely that in shared areas, there is more than one responsible person. You generally have to co-ordinate the fire safety plans to ensure that the people on your premises or around your premises are safe. It is often found that for shared and common areas, the landlord, the managing agent or the freeholder is the responsible person.

3. New buildings, alterations and extensions

Whether you are building new premises or having any building work done on an already existing building, it is mandatory that you comply with all the building regulations. Compliance of these regulations will include designing fire safety into the extension or the proposed building.

Areas we Serve

Based in Northamptonshire, we serve customers across the UK. If you have a multi-site operation, we can accommodate this too, even if its nationwide. Contact us today for more information. Find us here on the map:

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To learn more about your fire safety duties, contact RELM Consultants Ltd on 07713 496 006