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Fire Safety Risk Assessment Guides

These guides will tell you about how you might comply with fire safety law. They will also help you to carry out a fire risk assessment and identify the general fire precautions you need to have in place.


Which guides do you need?

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Means of escape for disabled people

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This supplementary guide covers means of escape for disabled people.

Depending on your business you may know who on your premises is disabled but either way, you need to take this into account.




All the guides

Fire safety risk assessment: offices and shops Risk Assessment Guide

For all employers, managers, occupiers & owners of premises where the main use of the building (or part of the building) is an office or shop.

Additional Information

Fire safety risk assessment guidance: sleeping accommodation

Advice about sleeping accommodation for staff, common areas for residents & sleeping, dining or other accommodation for guests/residents.

Additional Information

Fire safety risk assessment guidance: educational premises

Advice for all employers, head teachers, governors, vice-chancellors, occupiers & owners of premises where the main use of the building (or part of the building) is for educational purposes.

Fire safety risk assessment guidance: large places of assembly

Advice for all employers, managers, occupiers & owners of large places of assembly (i.e. where more than 300 people could gather).

Additional Information

Fire safety risk assessment guidance: open-air events and venues

This guide is for all employers, managers & people responsible for outdoor events & venues including zoos, music concerts, sports events, firework displays & markets.

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Animal premises & stables Risk Assessment Guide

For all employers, managers, occupiers & owners of animal premises & stables. What you have to do to comply with fire safety law.

Additional information

Fire safety risk assessment Guidance: factories and warehouses

For all employers, managers, occupiers & owners of premises where the main use of the building (or part of the building) is a factory or warehouse.

Additional Information

Fire safety risk assessment guidance: residential care premises

Advice for all employers, managers, occupiers & owners of premises where the main use of the building (or part of the building) is to provide residential care.

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Fire safety risk assessment guidance: small and medium places of assembly

Advice for all employers, managers, occupiers, & owners of small (up to 60 people) & medium (up to 300 people) places of assembly.

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Fire safety risk assessment: theatres, cinemas and similar premises

For employers, managers, occupiers & owners of premises where the main use is as a theatre, cinema/multi-screen cinema or a combination of these.    

Fire safety risk assessment guidance: healthcare premises

For all employers, managers, responsible persons, occupiers & owners of premises where the main use of the building (or part of the building) is to provide healthcare.

Fire safety risk assessment guidance: transport premises and facilities

For all managers, employers, occupiers and owners of transport premises and facilities.

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