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Fire risk assessment

Fire risk assessment

Work through the five steps of a fire risk assessment — hazards, people at risk, and the existing fire precautions — with critical gaps flagged.

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Identify the fire hazards

Sources of ignition

Sources of fuel

2

Identify the people at risk

Who could be harmed

3

Evaluate the existing fire precautions

Means of escape

Enough exits for the number of people, leading to a place of safetyCritical

Enough exits for the number of people, leading to a place of safety

Escape routes and final exits kept clear and unobstructedCritical

Escape routes and final exits kept clear and unobstructed

Travel distances to an exit are reasonable; no dead-ends relied onCritical

Travel distances to an exit are reasonable; no dead-ends relied on

Final exit doors openable without a key from the inside

Final exit doors openable without a key from the inside
Detection, warning & lighting

Fire detection and warning appropriate to the premises, tested and servicedCritical

Fire detection and warning appropriate to the premises, tested and serviced

Emergency lighting on escape routes where needed, tested

Emergency lighting on escape routes where needed, tested

Fire-action notices and escape-route / exit signage in place

Fire-action notices and escape-route / exit signage in place
Fire-fighting & protection

Suitable extinguishers, sited and serviced (BS 5306)

Suitable extinguishers, sited and serviced (BS 5306)

Fire doors and compartmentation intact and self-closingCritical

Fire doors and compartmentation intact and self-closing

Electrical, gas and heating installations maintained

Electrical, gas and heating installations maintained
Management & people

Written emergency plan; assembly point; means of calling the fire serviceCritical

Written emergency plan; assembly point; means of calling the fire service

Staff fire-safety instruction and evacuation drills

Staff fire-safety instruction and evacuation drills

PEEPs in place for anyone who needs help to evacuate

PEEPs in place for anyone who needs help to evacuate

Significant findings recorded (legally required at 5+ employees)

Significant findings recorded (legally required at 5+ employees)
0/14 precautions reviewed
Generated with the free Fire Risk Assessment at ramsdocs.co.uk. This record supports — and does not replace — competent-person review, site-specific judgement and your legal duties.

What a fire risk assessment is, and how this tool is built

A fire risk assessment (FRA) is a legal requirement for almost every non-domestic building in England and Wales under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, plus the communal areas of blocks of flats. The duty falls on the Responsible Person — usually the employer, occupier or owner — and it is not a duty you can delegate away: you can engage a competent person to carry out the assessment, but the legal responsibility stays with you. A written record of the significant findings is legally required once you have five or more employees (and is good practice for everyone).

The five steps

This tool follows the HSE / gov.uk five-step approach the Order is built around:

  1. Identify the fire hazards — sources of ignition, sources of fuel, and oxygen.
  2. Identify the people at risk — everyone in and around the building, with particular attention to lone workers, the public, and anyone who would need help to escape.
  3. Evaluate, remove or reduce, and protect — assess the existing precautions (escape routes, detection and alarm, emergency lighting, extinguishers, fire doors and compartmentation, the emergency plan and training) and decide what action is needed.
  4. Record, plan, inform, instruct and train — write down the significant findings and your fire-safety arrangements.
  5. Review — keep it up to date, and re-do it after any fire or significant change to the building, occupancy or use.

When you need a competent fire risk assessor

This tool drafts an FRA record for simpler, lower-risk premises such as small offices, shops and units. Where there is sleeping accommodation — hotels, HMOs, care homes, residential blocks — or where the building is large, complex or higher-risk, the Order still applies but the assessment should be carried out by a competent fire risk assessor, typically following PAS 79. The tool flags sleeping risk and recommends a professional assessment; it does not replace one.

This tool is a self-help planning aid that drafts a record — it is not a completed, suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment, and it is not a substitute for a competent fire risk assessor where one is required. The Responsible Person remains legally accountable under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 for ensuring a suitable assessment is made and acted on.

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