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Posted By Mark Edwards
Could anyone please advise me on the responsibility of obtaining a Fire Certificate, is the onus on the Landlord or the company using his premises, this particular case concerns an office housing 20 admin staff. Many thanks once again. Mark Edwards.
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Posted By shaun mckeever
Mark, basically, an application for a fire certificate should be made by the occupier of the premises unless the premises are multi-occupancy in which case it should be made by the owners of the property (or the landlord on behalf of the owner).
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Posted By Gary Cutter
Hi Mark
Anyone can make an application for a fire certificate so it could be a representative of the owner or one of the occupiers. The responsibility for undertaking any works from an enforcement perspective would rest with the owner if the building were multi-occupied. If the building were in single occupancy then the responsibility to carry out any works would rest with the owner (sorry nothing is a straight forward as you would hope).
Incidentally, you may be fall below the perquisite mandatory numbers required for a fire certificate, or you may for that matter be considered low risk and not require a fire certificate. The only way to find out is to apply for a fire certificate.
Notwithstanding any of the above you will still fall within the scope of the Fire Precautions Workplace Regulations and have to do a risk assessment.
Gary Cutter
Chair
Fire Risk Managements Specialist Group.
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Posted By shaun mckeever
Mark
Gary is quite right, anyone can actually apply for a fire certificate, what I should have said is where the responsibility lies. However, I think Gary is wrong in saying that where there is a single occupier it is the owner who is responsible for the works. I believe it is the occupier. Sometimes you think you know the answer to something then someone goes and sows a seed of doubt!
Perhaps Gary will correct me if I am wrong.
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Posted By Gary Cutter
Sorry, I should have said occupier as Shaun has ponted out.
Regards
Gary
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