The following paragraph appears at the end of the introductory blurb to my Fire Risk Assessment. Disclaimer This fire risk assessment has been prepared, written and reviewed by a competent qualified Fire Officer Mr ........................ who is an associate of .................. Consultancy. However, no liability can be accepted if, as a result of the interpretation of this risk assessment or the miss-application of remedial measures by The Company, legal proceedings, injury, death, economic loss or property damage occurs. This fire risk assessment is generic in nature and must be adapted by The Company , to be specific to the job of work which is being undertaken wherever necessary e.g. hot works. Client Signature: .................................................... Date: ............................... The above signatory hereby endorses, on behalf of The Company, the recommendations and comments contained within this assessment. As this FRA was completed before I joined the Company I do not know what was agreed between the Company and the Consultancy but surely if you pay thousands of pounds for an FRA you would expect a site specific assessment not generic. Some of the stuff in the assessment doesn't apply e.g. they go on about a BBQ in the garden - the Company has never had a BBQ in the garden - I could go on but enough said. Also are Disclaimers like the one above legal and has anybody seen them before. Cheers Rich

Rich - you know the vaalue of this document already. Do you want us to make you feel better or just tell the truth from the info that you've provided? I personally will always include a disclaimer relating to how the client may actually act upon my recommendations as I have no control over that aspect - the rest is worthless in my opinion. The use of the term "Fire Officer" is probably a straight deception as it implies a serving fire officer; if the document doesn't identify that it comes from a commercial arm of an identified Fire & Rescue Service, it's deliberately misleading. And it can't be your local FRS, it will have to be another. Unless you've edited it for confidentiality; the use of the term "The Company" tells you that the provider can't even be bothered to put the client name in. The statement that it is a "generic" FRA and requires to be adapted by yourselves tells you all you need to know about the worth of the document. You need professional help! Frank Hallett

As far as I am aware frs do not carry our fire risk assessments as they are the policing agency. When I fire risk assess I do not provide a disclaimer as that is a cop out in case something goes wrong.

You have to give this consultancy 10/10 for trying, but it is indeed a load of old tosh. It's for the Courts to decide who is and who isn't a 'responsible person' under Article 5(4)(b) of the Fire Safety Order. I reckon many Judges would be a little peeved if any professional tried to sign away their legal duties by such an ill- conceived disclaimer

http://www.iosh.co.uk/~/..._and_Byelaws_060411.ashx Dont know why the first link did not work. OH for an edit function - maybe I will put it on my Santa list this year?