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Fire Risk Assessment, Ensuring That It Is Suitable And Sufficient
Niall Rowan
Technical Officer
Association for Specialist Fire Protection
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection
Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
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FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day
Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
Ensuring suitable and sufficient
Fire Risk Assessments
Fire risk assessment - Ensuring it is
suitable and sufficient
Niall Rowan
Technical Officer
Association for Specialist Fire Protection
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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
(and national equivalents)
Best thing since sliced bread?
Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes......erm Maybe
What are the issues surrounding the legislation?
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• Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
• The Fire safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006, The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (sections 53-59)
• The Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010
• General Applications Regulations 2007 under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, Fire Services Acts 1981 & 2003 (Ireland)
DIY Risk Based Legislation?
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DIY MOT?
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Fire Risk Assessments
Can you imagine the Carnage ?
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FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day
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• 5-step checklist • Making your premises safe • Do you have paying guests? • Fire Risk Assessment - Offices & Shops • Fire Risk Assessment - Sleeping accommodation • Fire Risk Assessment - Educational premises • Fire Risk Assessment - Healthcare premises • Fire Risk Assessment - Theatres, cinemas and similar premises • Fire Risk Assessment - Factories and warehouses • Fire Risk Assessment - Transport premises and facilities • And many more…
D.I.Y Manuals
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FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day
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Ensuring suitable and sufficient
Fire Risk Assessments
Fire Risk Assessors – What do they look like?
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And the big names get it wrong…
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FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day
Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
Ensuring suitable and sufficient
Fire Risk Assessments
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• 2 Pubs with hotel rooms above
• 1 x 9 rooms
• 1 x 6 rooms
• There was no fire
• Responsible Person and Fire Risk Assessor both prosecuted under the Order
The Dial Hotel and Market Inn, Mansfield
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Inspection by Fire & Rescue Service
“Common sense breaches”:
• Locked exits
• Blocked stairways
• Inadequate Fire Doors
• Non maintained fire alarm
• Non maintained extinguishers
• Non maintained emergency lighting
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Result of the prosecution?
David Liu – Responsible Person
• 8 months prison (down from 12 due to guilty plea) and £15,000 fine
• Emergency lighting
John O’Rourke – Fire Risk Assessor
• 8 months prison (due to guilty plea) £5,862 fine
• Wholly unsatisfactory risk assessment
• Failure to use relevant guidance
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We all want it Good, Cheap & Fast
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Fire Risk Assessments
Rats the way to do it!
Innovative solutions to selling risk assessments…
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Assessments that are out of this world…
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FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day
Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
Ensuring suitable and sufficient
Fire Risk Assessments
OK so what is suitable and sufficient?
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FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day
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Ensuring suitable and sufficient
Fire Risk Assessments
OK so what is suitable and sufficient?
Use a ‘Competent Person’ then?
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What does Competent look like ?
incompetent competent
conscious
unconscious
A Z
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incompetent competent
conscious
unconscious
Novice
Apprentice Journeyman
Master
What does Competent look like ?
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FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day
Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
Ensuring suitable and sufficient
Fire Risk Assessments
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FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day
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Fire Risk Assessments
The FRACC criteria…
• An understanding of the relevant current best fire safety practices in premises of the type in question
• An awareness of the limitations of the fire risk assessor’s own experience and knowledge
• A willingness and ability to supplement existing experience and knowledge, when necessary, by obtaining external help and advice
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FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day
Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
Ensuring suitable and sufficient
Fire Risk Assessments
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FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day
Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
Ensuring suitable and sufficient
Fire Risk Assessments
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FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day
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Fire Risk Assessments
How do I achieve ‘competence’?
Experience Training
Education
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1st and 2nd Party Registers
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FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day
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EN 45011 schemes (quality assurance)
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BAFE SP 205
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How do I choose ?
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FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day
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Some numbers
• Over 100 training providers in UK
• Varying standards
• FPA has trained in the region of 800
• Four main Fire Risk Assessor Registers
• More will come with take up of BAFE 2005
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FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day
Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
Ensuring suitable and sufficient
Fire Risk Assessments
OK so what is suitable and sufficient?
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Advice from the prosecutor
• Know the legislation
• Know the guidance documents
• Qualifications/Training/CPD
• Competency
• Beware of precedents/templates
• Be premises specific
• Keep up to date
• Get experience
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Summary
• Assessor must be competent
• Varies with the circumstances/premises
• Only use a consultant who is on a register
• Avoid checklists other than for simple premises
• Record the assessment
• Review the assessment
• RPs - Act on the assessment
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FIA Risk Assessor CPD Training Day
Pioneering fire protection through innovation and professionalism
Ensuring suitable and sufficient
Fire Risk Assessments
The Malt House Grand Canal Quay Dublin 2
ASFP Office Tel: +353 (0) 1 6791324
Website: http://www.asfpireland.ie/
Kingsley House, Ganders Business Park,
Kingsley, Bordon, Hampshire GU35 9LU
ASFP Office Tel: +44 (0)1420 471612
ASFP Office Fax: +44 (0)1420 471611
Website: www.asfp.org.uk
Niall Rowan - Technical Officer
Association for Specialist Fire Protection
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Fire Safety Awareness for Landlords
Cllr Mark Healey
Chairman
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority
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