Posted By joedukeries hi has anyone got a fire risk assessment model i can look at please.

Posted By MancMan could i ahve alook at the fire risk assessment please as i have been tasked with doing them Thanks

Posted By shaun mckeever My view is that if you are competent to carry out a fire risk assessment then you can make your own template up. Asking for someone else's template suggests that you are not sure what to look for in a fire risk assessment. A good starting point would be to familiarise yourself with PAS 79 published by BSI. Too often I have come across FRA's that would not stand up to scrutiny and I often reject them as not being 'suitable and sufficient' as required. The consequnences of not getting it right can be serious so please make sure you meet the definition of competency. I like the definition of a competent person given by DCFO Andy Marles during the consultation process for the new fire regs due next April - "They have to have an understanding of fire, the way fire behaves, the way that building reacts to fire, so they can understand the risks that are created". Please, please, please make sure you are competent. I have lost friends in fire and at one time I was the Station Officer at Red Watch, Soho. This is the watch that lost their previous Station Officer at the Kings Cross fire.

Posted By Alan Murphy What people need to realise is that In light of the new fire legislation which will come into force next year, which will have significant bearing on employers and their responsibilities; there are seminars currently being held for employers to inform them about the implications and their responsibilities. Under the new legislation, i.e. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, employers will have the responsibility to ensure that Fire Risk Management is administered and managed to a competent standard within workplace. This is far reaching and very important, it looks to me like we have gone from just Safety men to Environmental and now Fire specialists I am going to a seminar on Monday regarding this very issue. Two areas of interest to tell you a bit about these legeslative changes are: http://www.firesafe.org....legislation/rrfsord1.htm (This gives a lay mans view, very interesting.) http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20051541.htm (That’s the full regs) Basically we need to get it right now because next year the fire service will be inspecting premises to ensure compliance.