Guidance published for fire risk assessors

The Fire Sector Federation (FSF) has published a practical guidance for assessors who want to understand the application of fire risk assessment across a range of buildings.

The aim is to support the delivery of comparable standards across the sector.

The document has been developed by the Federation’s Fire Risk Assessors Working Group and identifies criteria reflecting individual competency at three levels: Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced.

The guidance aims to help those who:

• Hold legal duties and have obligations and responsibilities for fire safety, notably under legislation
  including the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and Fire Safety Act 2021 England and Wales;
  the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 supported by the Fire Safety Regulations
  (Northern Ireland) 2010; and the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 supported by the Fire Safety (Scotland)
  Regulations 2006 and Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2021.
• Are individuals employed to undertake fire risk assessments;
• Companies, organisations, institutions and authorities who lead, educate, develop, supervise, assess
  and approve individuals, and
• Organisations and bodies that certify, accredit and provide third party assurance of those companies
  and individuals that undertake fire risk assessment

Dennis Davis, Executive Officer at FSF, who leads the working group said: “This Benchmark Standard has been developed by the Federation’s Fire Risk Assessors Working Group to expand and complement our previous work on competency. It supports the need for a systematic assessment of fire risk followed by the implementation of recommended appropriate controls, mitigation and continuous management of fire safety.

“Our aim is to raise the professional status of the important work undertaken by fire risk assessors. We also wish to engage with all those proficient assessors, operating without formal or recognised competency assurances, to help them seek appropriate independent accreditation.”

The work undertaken by the Federation’s working group will shortly move on into a new phase of development through BSI’s new Competence in the Built Environment Committee CPB/1 to create a British Standard Code of Practice.

The FSF seeks to give voice to and exert influence in shaping future policy and strategy related to the UK Fire Sector.

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