Posted By stevehaigh New to me!!!!! It seems care homes do not need a fire certificate as they are reistered under the care standards. Can anyone confirm this?

Posted By J Knight Care Homes do not need a fire certificate as they are excluded by the secretary of state. I can't be bothered (and I haven't got time this morning) to look up the actual law, but the secretary of state, in this case presumably the home secretary, has the power to exclude certain industries from the requirement for fire certificates, and care homes are so excluded. And yes, its true, from April next year fire certificates go up in smoke anyway, John

Posted By jackw. Hi, confirmed. In fact care settings in general did not require a certificate under the regulations:- care homes, day centres including those for people with a range of additional needs:- dementia, learning difficulties, physical disabilities etc. Ironic, but if they had an office attached with more than 20 people or more than 10 located above ground a fire certificate is required. Yet you can locate disabled clients above ground level. Of course, as has been stated, each property should have a fire risk assessment, which should consider how appropriate this practice is. Cheers