Fire Risk Assessment & Fire Safety Consultancy

Fire Risk Assessments
Fire Door Inspection
Fire Safety Signage Survey
Fire Safety Advisor

Our core activities are built around offering sound, pragmatic advice and guidance on how to reduce, mitigate and manage the fire risks within your premises and to assist you with your overall building fire safety management strategy. We have considerable experience in working across all sectors of industry and commerce, assessing and auditing every type of premises and occupancy. We will identify potential fire hazards within your building, work to reduce the risidual risk to as low as reasonably practible and to evaluate your compliance against the regulatory requirements set out in the Fire Safety Order 2005. Only where necessary and crucial for the safety of all occupants will we recommend improvements to help you achieve a high standard of fire safety within your premises.

Fire Risk Assessments

A fire risk assessment visit and inspection of your premises by an industry qualified professional assessor.
A fully documented, comprehensive and compliant fire risk assessment report using the PAS-79 model.
Continuous on-going fire safety support and guidance post assessment.

Fire Door Inspection

A comprehensive inspection of each fire door by a competent and qualified assessor.
A fully documented report providing guidance on condition, defects and actions required.

Fire Safety Advisor

We aim to develop long term professional partnerships with clients and to ensure your peace of mind on all fire safety matters so you can get on with running your business.

To find out more about our services or to arrange a vist please call 07971 860889 or email info@thomasfire.co.uk

Why take this seriously?

Whether you’re an employer, landlord, managing agent, building owner or occupier, you are responsible in law for the fire safety of your premises, its occupants and any other relevant persons who may be affected - including the impact of a fire on the wider surrounding area and fire and rescue service personnel. If you are located within a multi-occupied building, the same level of accountability will still sit on your shoulders and it’s important therefore that you must take all reasonable steps to co-operate and co-ordinate your fire safety efforts to ultimately achieve a suitable and sufficient level of fire safety for all. When it comes to fire safety there is no cutting corners, ignoring the rules or passing the buck…

How do you ensure you meet your fire safety responsibilities?

You must carry out a fire risk assessment and record any significant findings. This must be completed by a "competent" person. Through our memberships of the Institue of Fire Engineers and Institute of Fire Safety Managers along with our qualifications, skills, training and great deal of experience we are recognised to be deemed "competent" to provide you with a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment.

If an assessment is not completed or found to be insufficient by the inspecting authority, subject to their findings, its possible improvement or restriction notices may be issued that will require you to make certain changes within a set period of time or you might even find that the use of part of your premises is restricted until the issues are sorted. Failure to comply with the law or any notice issued is an offence and may result in prosecution.

You must then ensure the initial assessment process is followed up and maintained. To remain compliant you must ensure that the assessment is reviewed at regular intervals by a competent person and it may also be necessary for a review to take place if there is reason to believe the original assessment is no longer valid. Examples of when this may be the case are:

If new hazards have been introduced.
If the building has undergone significant changes, in nature, structure, layout or the occupancy for example.
If there has been a fire or ‘near miss’ fire event.

By carrying out these reviews, you are able to show an enforcing authority, your insurer, and your occupants, that you are being pro-active in your approach to fire safety and take your responsibilities seriously.