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.
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:
- Unwanted Fire Alarms Summary
- General Advice
- Public Advice Note
- URN Application (See above documents for information).
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.