INDEPENDENT FIRE RISK ASSESSORS
Fire Risk Assessments
WITHIN THE M25 &
SURROUNDING AREAS
- We offer 5 types of fire risk assessments covering all commercial and residential premises, including High Rise Residential Buildings.
- The 4 types of residential fire risk assessments are detailed below.
TYPE 1 FRA
This is a non-destructive assessment of the common parts of a building.
We use an enhanced version of PAS79.
The FRA inspection will include;
- Assessment of the external façade to establish if an FRAEW will be required. If this is needed, a chartered fire engineer (or equivalent qualified person) will need to be employed to carry this out.
- Assessment of fire risks such as electrical, smoking, arson, heating, cooking, housekeeping, solar panels and electric car charging points.
- Inspection of all communal areas including electrical cupboards and all service risers.
- Assessment of the protection of the means of escape and compartmentation
- Assessment of emergency lighting, fire alarms (if required) and other fire safety systems.
- Inspection of a selection of flat front doors.
- Fire safety signage, evacuation strategy and resident engagement.
- Testing, servicing and record keeping
This is all entered into our report and any issues identified are put in a clear action plan at the end of the report.
TYPE 2 FRA
This is a destructive inspection of the common parts of a building.
This FRA includes all of the items in a Type 1 FRA.
In addition, the assessment includes opening areas in the common parts to establish the level of compartmentation horizontally and vertically.
TYPE 3 FRA
This is a non-destructive inspection of the common parts of a building and a selection of the flats.
This includes all of the items in a Type 1 FRA.
In addition, the assessment includes an inspection of a selection of flats to establish the protection of the internal means of escape and the suitability of the automatic fire detection in place.
TYPE 4 FRA
This is a destructive inspection of the common parts of a building and a selection of flats.
This assessment includes all of the items in a Type 1, 2 & 3 FRA.
In addition, we also assess the horizontal and vertical compartmentation within a selection of flats.
Breaches of fire safety we have found
