Provision of Risk Information

The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 (the Regulations) have been introduced as an important step towards implementing the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report.

More information about the relevant legislation can be found here.

The Regulations require Responsible Persons(RP) to identify and inform anyone who needs to know about fire risk.

This includes

• Providing fire risk information regarding evacuation procedures to residents in a format they will understand.
  
• Giving the Fire and Rescue Service current risk details to help them plan and respond to emergencies.
  
  This means sharing floor plans, details about outside wall materials (if relevant), and any defective key equipment like fire lifts if they will be defective for more than 24 hours.
  
• Providing information about fire safety management and building safety compliance measures to the Fire and Rescue Service

Further details about the information required in relation to fire safety management and building safety compliance can be found on our workplaces page.

Reporting external wall, faults and fault rectifications

Send your external wall, faults and fault rectification reports to exchange.of.information@esfrs.org

Submitting floor plans

The Responsible Persons(RP) should send electronic floor plans to us by email at exchange.of.information@esfrs.org titled 'Building Safety Act'
Details on what should be shown on these plans can be found on this Fact sheet: Floor plans and building plan.

Hard copies floor of plans

Besides the online risk details, the Responsible Persons(RP) in high rise residential blocks keep a printed copy of floor plans in a Safe Information Box on site. The Fire and Rescue Service will use this box as a backup when they arrive at an emergency if the electronic data isn't available

The Regulations apply to England only. The Regulations can be found at on the UK Government website. 

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