Posted By Neil Koskie Hi We rent some offices in an multi-occupancy block and I have recently carried out a fire risk assessment on the building. I need some advice on where responsibility lies for implementing actions arising from the assessment. In particular, there are several potentially very serious risks which, if we owned the building would be sorted out at the earliest opportunity. However, with us only renting the office space, what duty does the landlord have to carry out our recommendations? Also, are we entitled to see maintenance and testing records of the alarm system and fire fighting equipment? Obviously, we have a duty to ensure the safety of our own employees, but as we only rent the offices, it has thrown up a bit of a grey area. Any help on this would be appreciated. Neil

Posted By Jeff Manion Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 199 Reg 11 - co-operation and co-ordination - to do as suggested (co-op /co-ord), this includes fire precautions (workplace) regulations. Landlord will have a repsonsibilty so do the others who share the space. Hope this assists. JM