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Benefits of a Fire Risk Assessment For HMO Landlords

House of Multiple Occupancy (HMOs)

Whether it’s back to university or simply sharing a house, landlords have the responsibility by law of providing their tenants with a fire-safe environment.  It’s all part and parcel of being a responsible

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About our team

We’re a small team here in the office at FireRiskAssessments.com.  We’re not a big, corporate firm; we’re real people.  From making an initial enquiry to receiving a report and beyond, we offer a

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Fire Safety Act is here!

Who is affected by the new Fire Safety Act? If you are the “Responsible Person” for the Fire Safety of a building, which contains two or more sets of domestic premises, eg a

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What are the five steps for a Fire Risk Assessment?

What are the 5 steps in a Fire Risk Assessment? Conducting a Fire Risk Assessment can seem to be quite a complex process for many people. You may have heard that there are

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Who carries out a Fire risk assessment?

Can I carry out a Fire risk assessment myself? In order to carry out a Fire risk assessment, you do need some knowledge of the guidance which is relevant to your type of

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450 Trustpilot reviews!

Why do we use reviews Every client we carry out a fire risk assessment for, we invite to leave a Trustpilot review, about their overall experience. This is with the aim to give

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Grenfell Tower’s fire safety engineering ‘entirely inadequate’, expert tells inquiry

Article from: ITV NEWS Grenfell Tower’s fire safety engineering was “entirely inadequate”, the inquiry into the devastating fire has heard. Expert Dr Barbara Lane said Grenfell was a reflection of wider problems in

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Scotland is changing its smoke alarm laws – what it means for homeowners

This article is from: The Scotsman  New rules for fire and smoke alarms in homes across Scotland are to be introduced next year, it has been announced. The change in legislation comes following

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Why do you need a Fire Risk assessment & what is it?

Lets start with the what and why   By law, every Multi occupied building, all employers and all premises open to the public, are required to conduct a fire risk assessment. However, not

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Benefits of a Fire Risk Assessment Fire Risk Assessments in Commercial Properties For HMO Landlords

New Fire Safety Bill

To Begin – why a Fire risk assessment ? Carrying out a comprehensive fire risk assessment, on your occupied space/building, as part of your fire safety plan is incredibly important. If you don’t

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Safe Contractor accreditation

***3rd year accreditation acheived!!*** We’re very proud to have achieved our 3rd year of accreditation with Safe Contractor. We’re not a particularly high risk company for Health and Safety, but with the additional

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Keeping Fire safe as well as Covid-19 safe

Social Distancing and Fire Safety With employees returning to work and having to ensure they social distance, there are a number of recommendations being put forward, from: keeping desks 2 meters apart making

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Benefits of a Fire Risk Assessment For HMO Landlords

Covid 19 update for Landlords

Changes to your premises? With many people either Self isolating/working from home or furloughed, landlords of Houses of Multiple Occupancy (HMO’s) and blocks of flats, need to re assess their Fire risk assessment

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Keeping safe whilst homeworking

How’s the homeworking going? Well we’re into week two of our countries lock down. Those that can, have been asked to work from home but what are the safety implications, which need to

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What happens now?

In the current climate what about Fire risk assessments? We’re still here and will be able to support those who want advice and information. Understandably, actual Fire risk assessments aren’t taking place, as

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