Fire Risk Assessment
Fire Risk Assessment Ireland
Can We Help You With Your Fire Risk Assessment?
We are Fire Risk Assessment Experts based in Dublin, Ireland but with a nationwide service across Ireland.
Our Fire Risk Assessment Consultants are regularly in Munster, Connacht, as well as Leinster so we can assist regardless of your location.
We undertake Fire Risk Assessments on behalf of our clients in Dublin city and county and further afield with our nationwide service across Ireland. Having been in the health and safety business for almost two decades, we have assisted small, medium and large businesses and organisations with the development of their fire risk assessments.
Our Fire Risk Assessments are undertaken by our highly experienced and competent team of Fire Safety Consultants.
Our Fire Risk Assessment is a comprehensive report which will give fire management guidance and enable a client to move forward in a positive and pro-active manner. It quickly and clearly identifies areas of compliance and of non-compliance, and offers solutions to those areas where improvement is needed to meet both best practice and current legislation.
The primary Fire Legislation in Ireland is the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003 which places statutory requirements on owners and occupiers of buildings with various powers of enforcement given to the fire authorities to ensure compliance with said primary legislation and secondary legislation such as fire regulations.
Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005 an employer is required to carry out risk assessments including assessing the risks of fire. The Health and Safety Authority in Ireland (HSA) define a risk assessment as "a written document that records a three-step process: Identifying the hazards in the workplace(s) under your control. Then one has to assess the risks presented by these hazards and then putting control measures in place to reduce the risk of these hazards causing harm".
We would welcome the opportunity to submit a proposal covering the development of Fire Risk Assessments for your organisation.
Over ninety percent of fires in Irish workplaces are attributed to human error. Furthermore, recent research shows that up to 80 percent of all businesses that experience a large fire never reopen. Fire can and does destroy, lives, business and even communities.
Any worthwhile Fire Risk Assessment of your premises must include fire prevention, fire detection and warning, and emergency escape and fire-fighting.
Fire Risk Assessment Information.
You're accountable for fire safety if you're the owner, an employer, an occupier, the landlord, or anyone with control of the vicinity for instance a building or facilities manager, managing agent etc.
A Fire Risk Assessment is an effective tool to assess fire safety compliance and advise on both areas of compliance and non compliance thereby providing a balanced view on your current fire safety situation.
You must keep a written document of your Fire Risk Assessment available for inspection if required.
The basics in conducting Fire Risk Assessment may be summarised below.
- Determine the fire hazards
- Determine the people at risk
- Assess, discard or reduce these risks
- Note your findings,
- Routinely re-evaluate and update fire risk assessment
What is a Fire Risk Assessment?
A Fire Risk Assessment identifies the fire hazards, risks, type of risk, people at risk and control measures for managing fire safety in the workplace.
Who should undertake a Fire Risk Assessment?
A Fire Risk Assessment should be undertaken by a Competent Fire Consultant.
Who requires a Fire Risk Assessment?
Every employer in Ireland has to legally manage fire safety. A Fire Risk Assessment can be an effective tool in achieving this and gain an overview of both areas of compliance and areas of non compliance.
What are the benefits of a Fire Risk Assessment.
The specific benefits of a Fire Risk Assessment include, added protection of human life, piece of mind, awareness of legal compliance / snapshot of fire safety at time of assessment etc,
How often should the Fire Risk Assessment be updated?
A Fire Risk Assessment should be updated at least once per year.
It may have to be updated more frequently if any of the following apply.
- Changes to work activities, processes, premises or equipment,
- On the direction of a Fire Safety Inspector.
What is the difference between a Fire Safety Audit and a Fire Risk Assessment?
A Fire Risk Assessment will focus on both areas of compliance and non compliance and can present a more balanced approach as it will share positive and negative observations, whilst a Fire Safety Audit will be very direct and to the point in relation to any short comings. A Fire Safety Audit will focus more on areas of non compliance than compliance and is a useful report / snag list for completing identified items.
We can help with your Fire Risk Assessment
We have vast experience with developing Fire Risk Assessments and would be delighted to provide a quote. To enable us provide you with a Fire Risk Assessment quote please provide the following information.
- Location of your premises
- Size of premises
- Description of premises including any specific hazards.
- Number of employees
- Reason for Fire Risk Assessment
Please contact us today so we can assist with your Fire Risk Assessment requirements
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