In my opinion, providing the Risk Assessment is suitable and sufficient, and available for everyone to consult I see no need make additional work. That is of course assuming there are no specific risks in your particular area. Just make sure it's a controlled document, and that you have a copy.

Graham - I bring bad news! If there are more than one occupier (or demise) in a single premises, then each occupier must complete a fire risk assessments for their own demise and any area that their staff are likely to resort to (common spaces such as stairs, corridors, toilets, covered car parks etc). Multiple occupancy buildings such as Shopping centres to huge office blocks all have to do the same. Some premises will have perhaps scores of FRAs The various 'responsible persons' must by law cooperate and coordinate their findings, and that is never more important where duplication is likely - such as common parts. In your case, complete a FRA for your small area and then ask the landlords for sight of their FRA. Where your responsibilities overlap, use their document as a guide and review their findings. If you agree with them, record the findings in YOUR FRA and the job is almost done. It should not be onerous as the landlords (ie the main occupier) have done most of the work for you. While you are looking at the landlords FRA, you should take the opportunity to ensure your emergency plan's tie up - and record that in your report too. Job done - Good luck

I understood the word "demise" in the context used in the OP to be a verb, not a noun.

The word 'Demise' in this context relates to a legal definition regarding a lease. From Oxford Dictionary................ noun [in singular] 1a person’s death or 1b the end or failure of an enterprise or institution:the demise of industry 2 [mass noun] Law conveyance or transfer of property or a title by will or lease.

I think that the estates people are thinking about the old English word- demesne, which means the property you actually directly manage yourself as oppose to the bits that you rent out.

Methinks I wasn't the only forum user to be confused by reading about fire risk assessment immediately after seeing "my demise" in the thread title. For what it's worth (admittedly very little), some of us only knew of "demise" as a synonym for 'death', perhaps through acquaintance with the infamous 'Dead Parrot' sketch in Monty Python's Flying Circus first broadcast in December 1969: The character played by John Cleese berates the pet shop keeper for having duped him into buying a dead 'Norwegian Blue' parrot on the basis that its lack of movement was due to it being tired.....out after a long squawk. After the pet shop keeper argues that the bird is probably pining for the fiords, its new owner points out that "It's * demised......it's passed on.....It has ceased to be. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff, bereft of life, it rests in peace." :-) p.s. At * the word which preceded 'demise' in the sketch was omitted from this posting in order to avoid any possible breach of forum rules. p.p.s. As a further piece of whimsical but otherwise useless information, I kept a dead parrot wired onto a perch beside my desk for some years during my former employment. Though its type could not be readily discerned from its plumage, it was evidently not a 'Norwegian Blue'. Furthermore, it was definitely demised before I bought it from the shop! :-)

Dear All Thanks very much for the valuable responses. Sorry to have raised the spectre of ones demise by using the word demise in a way that is frankly new to me as well. Does anyone have a better term, or is this just a lawyers way of using antiquated terms so as to justify their existance :-)..? Thanks again

"It could be the case that a strategic team is in place and one FRA is formalized by each 'responsible person' (co-operation and co-ordination)." To clarify, I mean one FRA and several responsible persons contributing to this one FRA.

mmmm, there could be a role similar to the CDM Coordinator to make sure everyone coordinates, cooperates and communicates. We could call this the RRO Fire Coordinator. Before you all jump on me, I was being facetious.