Why do you need A Commerical Fire Inspection?
A fire safety inspection ensures your building is safe and protects vulnerable individuals. All workplaces must consider fire risks and safety measures.
Which Buildings Require Fire Safety Inspections?
Fire safety inspections are mandatory for all non-residential buildings, such as offices, warehouses, schools, and universities. Smaller businesses with up to five employees are also required to maintain written records of their fire safety processes. Regular inspections are essential for ensuring the fire safety of buildings, regardless of their size.
Who Is Allowed to Conduct a Fire Safety Inspection?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2006, a designated "responsible person," such as the building owner or manager, can perform routine fire safety inspections. However, a professional inspection is also necessary to fully assess potential risks and certify that the building meets safety standards.
How Frequently Should Fire Safety Inspections Be Conducted?
While there isn't a strict schedule for fire safety inspections, they should be carried out on a regular basis. Generally, a responsible person should conduct an inspection annually, while a thorough professional inspection is recommended every four years. For buildings with three or more storeys, professional assessments are required every three years due to the increased complexity and risk.
The Five Steps Commercial Fire Safety Inspections:
Identify Who Could be of Risk: Assess who may be at higher risk during a fire, including the elderly, disabled individuals, and children.
Evaluate and Remove Risks: Ensure clear, accessible evacuation routes for all, especially vulnerable people, and remove any identified risks.
Documents Findings: Document any risks and actions taken to rectify them, providing proof of the inspection and safety measures.
Create an Emergency Plan and Train Employees: Develop an evacuation plan and ensure all employees are trained in case of an emergency, with fire drills to practise.
Keep Up-To-Date: Regularly review fire safety procedures, particularly after any changes to the building’s layout.
Professional Fire Safety Inspections with GRJ Surveying
While annual inspections can be conducted by a responsible person, professional inspections are required every three to four years. We offer thorough fire risk assessments, ensuring your building complies with government regulations, and can advise on training and safeguarding vulnerable individuals.
The Complete Passive Fire Protection Solution
Survey
Assess your existing passive fire protection to identify any breaches or remedial work required.
Protect
Implement the necessary measures to protect your building and its occupants and ensure compliance.
Maintain
Keep your passive fire protection system in good working order through regular maintenance, surveys and inspections.
Certify
Receive third-party certified documentation to demonstrate full compliance with current fire safety regulations.
Here at GRJ Surveying our dedicated surveying specialists can help find the issue and check your compliance. If you have had a survey and are aware of the issue in need of repair, protection or maintenance then visit GRJ Contracting, where our contracting specialists can assist you.
FAQs
Why do you need a Commercial Fire Inspection?
A fire safety inspection ensures your building is safe and protects vulnerable individuals. All workplaces must consider fire risks and safety measures.
Which Buildings Require Fire Safety Inspections?
Fire safety inspections are mandatory for all non-residential buildings, such as offices, warehouses, schools, and universities. Smaller businesses with up to five employees are also required to maintain written records of their fire safety processes. Regular inspections are essential for ensuring the fire safety of buildings, regardless of their size.
Who Is Allowed to Conduct a Fire Safety Inspection?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2006, a designated "responsible person," such as the building owner or manager, can perform routine fire safety inspections. However, a professional inspection is also necessary to fully assess potential risks and certify that the building meets safety standards.
How Frequently Should Fire Safety Inspections Be Conducted?
While there isn't a strict schedule for fire safety inspections, they should be carried out on a regular basis. Generally, a responsible person should conduct an inspection annually, while a thorough professional inspection is recommended every four years. For buildings with three or more storeys, professional assessments are required every three years due to the increased complexity and risk.
COMMERCIAL FIRE COMPARTMENTATION ASSESSMENT
If you’re in need of a structural commercial fire inspection, then our team here at GRJ Surveying can help! As part of our surveying services, we cover a huge range of commercial properties, from high rise offices to warehouses, and with offices throughout the UK, our skilled team of surveyors are never too far away!
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COMMERCIAL FIRE RISK ASSESSMENTS
Commercial Fire Risk Assessment
Commercial fire risk assessments are important for businesses and may be required for some insurance providers. In recent years, there has been a big push on fire safety regulations and inspections, and with fire prevention now becoming a bigger concern than previously, it’s never been more important to ensure that you and your property are compliant with the latest fire safety regulations. We have been providing passive fire protection services since 2007 for companies all around the UK. It is also worth noting that fire safety regulations are in place to save lives and that commercial fire risk assessments and compartmentation surveys for non-documented fire compartmentation are required by law for all non-domestic properties. Although the law states that a commercial fire risk assessment is required for all non-domestic properties by law, it doesn’t state how regularly they must be carried out. The general consensus in the fire inspection industry is that risk assessments should be carried out annually. This allows businesses to keep up to date knowledge and records of their fire risks and their preventive measures.
To discuss our commercial fire inspections and compartmentation surveying services, why not get in touch with us today where a member of our friendly team will be able to answer any questions you may have and where you can also book your own commercial fire compartmentation survey for your property.
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AREAS WE COVER
Here at GRJ Surveying, we stand to protect the nation’s occupied buildings in both the public and the private sectors. Our fire protection consultants are dispatched all around the UK, so you can rest assured we will keep your building safe no matter where you are.
NORTH WEST
Our team of fire consultants in the North West is available to help with the fire protection surveying of your building, whether you’re in Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton, Chester or elsewhere in the area.
YORKSHIRE
GRJ Surveying’s consultants in Yorkshire offer comprehensive surveying services for buildings in both the private and public sectors. If you need our services in York, Doncaster, Leeds or anywhere else in Yorkshire, contact your local team today.
EAST MIDLANDS
Our professional team based in the East Midlands provides reliable fire compartmentation surveys for commercial and residential buildings. Whether you’re based in Leicester, Derby or Nottingham, we can help keep your building protected.
WEST MIDLANDS
If you’re looking for experts in fire protection surveying in the West Midlands, your local GRJ Surveying team is happy to help. Our services are available in Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton and elsewhere in the MIdlands.
EAST ANGLIA
Our experienced team in East Anglia offers fire surveying services for new and legacy buildings, in the commercial, residential and industrial sectors. We also offer compartmentation and structural steel fire protection surveys to keep your building safe.
SOUTH EAST
Your local surveying team is here to help whenever you need an expert opinion on your passive fire protection. We carry out surveys in Milton Keynes, Oxford and anywhere else in South East England to ensure your building is compliant with the latest regulations.
