Fire Risk Assessment is something that must be carried by the person who owns a big building or any person who has a certain echelon or plane of control. This is important for minimizing the danger of fire and making people escape safely without creating much panic in the situation of chaos in case of fire.
It is very much needed in case you run a business involving five people or more than that or in other case, if you own a guest house or a lodge accommodating quite a number of people for the sake of their safety and protection. Fire Risk Assessment or simply, F.R.A. is not a thing to be taken lightly as there is no assurance of complete protection from the fire.
In case of your business, you must have an F.R.A as in accordance with the law and you just cant take it as another option. It has a legal value; otherwise you will be handed an Enforcement Notice by your Fire Inspector in case he finds out the reality that you do not possess an F.R.A. during an audit done.
Once in a year, a Fire Inspector will come and check whether everything is order or not according the rules and the regulations and their old regime but before that, he will hand you a notice to ensure whether everything is working or not. About nine out of ten will say that will not check your private lodgings but the last one will go for thorough inspection. So, it is better to be prepared.
According to the new law, the owner of the building or the person who owns some level of control must ensure enough protection level. This actually is written in the sense that any person who has the major responsibility must walk and take a round of the building whether every thing is in order or not, as in whether the fire precautions, extinguishers and other such things are placed in order in passages, corridors, rooms, walls, kitchen areas and especially, the entrance and the exit gates. Also, a special attention must be give even if any fire hazards are found and it must be taken care of that not much fire hazards enter the building and steps must be taken properly to reduce them as much as it can be. A proper plan of action can save many lives from burning to ashes.
