Fire safety is too often neglected – especially when business owners have so many other worries and responsibilities.
But the consequences of neglecting your responsibilities are potentially unthinkable.
Punitive fines and even prison sentences can be handed down for serious breaches of fire-safety laws and, of course, lives can be lost.
This guide begins with a beginner’s guide to the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order (RRO) 2005, the landmark legislation that governs UK fire safety and makes you, the business owner or building manager, ultimately responsible for fire safety in your premises.
And there’s a guide to fire risk assessments, which most businesses are obliged to undertake to comply with the legislation. Elsewhere there are guides to fire doors, fire alarm systems, smoke detectors, fire escape signs, sprinklers and watermist systems and fire safety training.
