Posted By Ron Hunter See: http://www.communities.g...ons/fire/firesafetyrisk4

Posted By Peter Zunda Just about to post a response but beaten to the draw by the above!

Posted By Geoff B McDonnell Hi, You will also find that quite a few local authorities are insisting that FRAs are carried out on the whole building (including flats) after officers have been in and carried out an HHSRS inspection. So it is not as cut and dried as it appears!

Posted By Geoff B McDonnell Indeed you are correct but the local authority can put down a requirement for a fire risk assessment to include all areas of the block if they have found Category 1 or 2 risks as part of the HHSRS inspection.

Posted By peter gannaway Although not part of common areas, if a landlord has installed hard wired detection systems, or increasingly believe it of not sprinkler systems in flats, then there is an enduring duty to maintain the systems. Also remember that front doors onto common areas are part of the common area fire route and are the responsibility of the landlord. I have also noted that in some general purpose blocks there are single fire alarm systems connecting common areas and flats, so someone burning toast can trigger the whole building. These false alarms should be eliminated and as such it is the landlords responsibility to install conforming staff within flats.