Forty percent of businesses are not doing their Fire Risk Assessments

According to information posted by Aviva Risk Management Solutions, about forty percent of businesses are failing to conduct fire risk assessments in accordance with current legislation (The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or RRO).

Based on this poor level of compliance with the RRO, the Fire and Rescue Services have been taking action against offending businesses (the have issued businesses with 34,500 informal notifications, 3,200 enforcement notices, 442 prohibition notices and 84 alterations notices). It is also understood that the fire authorities prosecuted 43 per cent more organisations last year for failing to comply with the RRO.

The Fire and Rescue services are visiting more organisations and checking their fire safety arrangements, particularly their fire risk assessments. Lack of a Fire Risk Assessment is leading to enforcement action . Failure to address the basic responsibilities of completing fire risk assessments means that businesses are not only breaking the law, but also failing to manages the hazards at their premises.

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