Fire risk assessments for residential, mixed-use and commercial buildings, UK-wide. Tell us about your building and we will help you work out what it needs.
If you are the Responsible Person for a building, whether a freeholder, managing agent, residents' management company, housing provider or employer, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires you to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of fire risk and to record it in full. The Fire Safety Act 2021 confirmed that external walls and flat entrance doors are within scope for multi-occupied residential buildings, and the Building Safety Act 2022 raised the requirements on assessor competence and record keeping.
That is a lot to carry, and it is not always obvious what your building actually needs. This is exactly the kind of thing to talk to us about. We will take the time to understand your building, advise a proportionate scope, and explain our reasoning so that you can plan with confidence.
Our residential assessments are carried out to BS 9792:2025 and non-residential assessments to PAS 79-1:2020, by assessors with operational fire and rescue experience. A good assessment does more than satisfy the RRO. It sets out what needs doing and in what order, prioritised against the assessed risk, so that action can be planned and budgeted sensibly.
The right type depends on your building, its construction, its history and any concerns already raised. A higher number is not automatically better; it reflects a more thorough and more intrusive assessment, chosen when the circumstances call for it. We will advise which is proportionate for yours, and talk it through with you.
Related reading: for cladding or external wall concerns, see our FRAEW and EWS1 assessments. For buildings without a documented fire strategy, see retrospective fire strategies.
In almost all non-domestic premises and the common parts of residential buildings, yes. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the Responsible Person to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of fire risk, and it must now be recorded in full. The Fire Safety Act 2021 also confirmed that external walls and flat entrance doors are within scope for multi-occupied residential buildings. If you are unsure whether it applies to you, ask us and we will help you work it out.
Type 1 is a non-intrusive assessment of the common parts only, and is the routine assessment for most blocks of flats. Type 2 has the same coverage but adds intrusive inspection of the common parts where concealed construction needs verifying. Type 3 extends a non-intrusive assessment into a sample of the flats, and Type 4 combines flat sampling with intrusive inspection of both flats and common parts. The higher types are more thorough and more intrusive, and are chosen for specific reasons. We will advise which is proportionate for your building rather than leaving you to decide.
The Fire Safety Order requires review regularly and after any material change, such as a fire, building alterations or a change in occupancy. In practice this usually means an annual review and a new assessment every three years, or sooner for higher-risk buildings. We will agree the right interval with you as part of the process.
Residential assessments follow BS 9792:2025, the current code of practice for fire risk assessment of housing. Non-residential and mixed-use premises follow PAS 79-1:2020. Every report includes a prioritised, risk-based action plan.
You receive a report with a prioritised, risk-based action plan. We also offer action tracking and close-out support, helping you carry remedial actions through to completion and keep a record that your duties have been discharged. You will not be left holding a list of problems with no idea where to start.
Whether you know exactly what you need or you are not sure where to begin, tell us about your building. We assess residential, mixed-use and commercial buildings across the UK, and review assessments prepared by others. We will take the time to understand it, recommend a proportionate scope, and set out a clear fee before any work begins.
The descriptions on these pages outline our standard approach to each service. The scope, methodology and fee for any instruction are determined for the individual building or project and confirmed in a written proposal before work begins.