Who needs one, and when
If you are the responsible person for any non-domestic premises, or for the common parts of a block of flats, the law requires a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment. Since October 2023 the significant findings must be recorded in writing, whatever the size of the building. In practice that means almost every landlord, managing agent and business owner needs a current written assessment on file.
- Blocks of flats and HMOs — common parts, escape routes and flat entrance doors
- Offices, shops, warehouses and industrial units
- Restaurants, takeaways and other hospitality premises
- Care, education and community buildings
Delivered with Fire Risk Specialists
Fire safety is a specialism in its own right, so we do not pretend it is a side line. Fire Risk Specialists is our sister brand, run by the same owner, staffed by assessors who do fire risk work full time and members of the Institute of Fire Safety Managers. You instruct through Team EPC, they carry out the assessment, and you get one invoice and one point of contact.
What the report gives you
A PAS 79 report records the building, its use and occupancy, the hazards found, the condition of escape routes and precautions, and the management arrangements. Each significant finding is given a priority and a suggested timescale, so you can plan remedial work in a sensible order and show an enforcing officer what you are doing about it.
