A written assessment that identifies real risks, names the actions and gives you a defensible record of how you got there.
PAS 79 / RRO 2005
Annually or on change
Within 10 days
Prioritised & costed
Mon–Fri 8am–5pm. 24/7 emergency line out of hours.
If your premises has five or more employees, the fire risk assessment must be written and it must be current. It is the document an enforcing authority asks for first, and the one that determines what alarm, lighting, extinguisher and evacuation provision your building actually needs.
Our assessments follow the PAS 79 methodology: hazards identified, people at risk considered, existing provision evaluated, and a prioritised action plan produced with realistic timescales rather than a generic list.
Where actions are within our scope — alarm work, emergency lighting, extinguishers, door remedials — we can price them against the assessment. Where they are not, we say so plainly rather than manufacturing work.
We agree assessment type — from a non-destructive Type 1 through to a Type 4 with destructive inspection.
Full walk-through with the responsible person or facilities lead, including plant and roof spaces.
Written assessment issued with actions prioritised as intolerable, substantial, moderate or tolerable.
We price and deliver the actions within our scope and track completion against the plan.
Reassessed annually, or sooner after refurbishment, change of use or a significant incident.
Audio or video entry panels with handsets or app answering for visitor management.
BS 7273-4 compliant release on alarm activation and on loss of power.
Most single-occupancy commercial premises need a Type 1. Residential blocks are where type selection genuinely matters.
Construction, layout, occupancy, escape routes, compartmentation and housekeeping reviewed.
Ignition sources, fuel, oxygen sources and the specific ways they meet in your building.
Employees, visitors, contractors, sleeping risk and anyone needing assisted evacuation.
Detection, warning, lighting, signage, extinguishers, doors and evacuation arrangements assessed.
Each action rated by risk with a suggested timescale and a responsible owner.
A PAS 79 format record you can hand to an enforcing officer, insurer or auditor.
At least annually, and immediately after any material change — refurbishment, change of use, a near miss, or a significant change in occupancy.
The law allows a competent person to do it. In practice, for anything beyond a small low-risk office, the depth of knowledge required about compartmentation and evacuation strategy makes an external assessor the safer route.
A finding where the risk to life is high enough to need immediate attention — a blocked final exit, a non-functioning alarm, or a missing fire door on a single escape stair.
No. Bring us the existing assessment and we will tell you whether it is still valid before you commit to a new one.
Prioritised actions, realistic timescales, and support to close them out.
