Fire Safety In Business

Introduction

Humberside Fire and Rescue Service's mission is to make the region as safe a place as possible.

Our Fire Safety section help businesses and workplaces throughout the region to adhere to their legal obligations for providing fire safety. Providing advice on specific matters relating to fire safety to organisations within the region is an important part of our work.

What You Need to Know

Employers are legally obligated to conform to the Fire Safety Order 2005.

You can read more information about the Order here.

This Checklist gives a good representation of the areas which are required to be met by the regulations.

Fire Risk Assessment Guidance is available here.

Fire Risk Assessment proforma for small to medium businesses is available here

General Information

General Information and advice for Businesses is available here.

Information on Sprinklers.

Unwanted Fire Alarms

Humberside Fire and Rescue Service has been working on Policies to assist with reducing the number of false fire alarms in the region. These PDF documents offer more information on the subject:

The Licensing Act

Businesses which are applying for entertainment licenses will need to consider the safety of their premises as this is an important part of the application.

These guidelines are issued to assist local licensees to provide suitable fire safety measures in licensed premises for applications under the Licensing Act 2003.

Is Your Business Ready?

From the 1st October 2006 Fire Safety Law has changed. The following links provide information on how this affects your business.