Posted By Terry Smyth Unless your premises are protected by an automatic fire alarm system, whereby a fire can be detected immediately, you should always think of the worst possible scenario, and determine the extent of the likelyhood of a fire developing undetected to give a rating of risk.

Posted By Roy Gladwell Anthony How about Fire Hazard Severity Value Negligible 1 Slight 2 Moderate 3 Severe 4 Very Severe 5 Catastrophic 6 Fire Risk Value Unlikely 1 Possible 2 Quite Possible 3 Likely 4 Very Likely 5 Almost certain 6 Ways of defining Severity Severity By Harm Negligible Minor bruises/discomfort Slight Some minor injuries Moderate Many minor injuries Severe Some major injuries Very severe Many major injuries & < 5 deaths Catastrophic 5 or more deaths Severity By Damage Negligible Slight smoke damage Slight Loss / damage to some equipment Moderate Loss to one floor of a building Severe Whole building damage Very servere Total loss of whole building Catastrophic Loss of whole site Ways of defining severity by harm interruption of production 1 = a few hours 2 = one day 3 = one week 4 = one month 5 = up to six months 6 = 6-12 months Ways of defining severity by damage loss of assets 1 = £100 or less 2 = £101 - £500 3 = £501 - £1000 4 = £1001 - £500K 5 = £500K - £1M 6 = Multi £1M hope this helps If you require any more information e mail me direct ROY