Don't get your fingers burnt - get legal! Fire Safety Legislation

You may be aware - a lot of people aren't - but you must act now!

The easiest, quickest, most cost-effective way to make sure you're legal

It's the biggest shake up of fire safety legislation in the last thirty years and few people seem to be aware of it!

On the 1st October 2006 the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 came into force.

If you control premises either as an owner or tenant, a new set of regulations now affects YOU.

Every business in England and Wales with 5 or more employees is required by law to carry out and record a fire risk assessment; act on the findings of the assessment; and train all staff in basic fire safety.

The act firmly places a duty on the Responsible Person (person with control over the premises), and outlines all the measures that must be taken to ensure the safety of all the people they are responsible for. At the same time it allows the Enforcement Authority (usually the Fire Service) to make sure that it is enacted and sets penalties if it is not.

The responsible person now must carry out a Fire Risk Assessment, produce a Policy, develop Procedures (particularly evacuation), provide training and carry out fire drills.

The foundation of the Act is the Risk Assessment. This must be reviewed regularly and if necessary amended. The Risk Assessment must be formally recorded if the responsible person employs 5 or more people.

The HSE and the Fire & Rescue Service may carry out a spot check on your company, and if you haven't carried out (and recorded) a fire risk assessment you will be breaking the law and liable to prosecution.

Not only is it an offence not to have a fire risk assessment, you may find that you are not covered by your insurance, which could put your business at serious risk.

Legal Fire Risk was founded in 2005 by a Fire Safety Officer with over 27 years' Local Government Fire Service experience and Fire Service College training. Legal Fire Risk is committed to raising awareness of the importance of fire risk assessment in the workplace, and of Health and Safety legislation.

By completing the company's on-line assessment and acting on the findings, you will have fulfilled your legal obligation and will receive a printed copy including any actions required by you to help keep your business safe from fire.

This is the easiest, quickest, most cost-effective way to make sure you're legal. There are several company's offering books for sale, that you need to read, in order to prepare an assessment that may or may not 'make you legal'. There are numerous Government mailshots telling company's what to do - but not how to do it. Legal Fire Risk has done all the work for you.

The online fire risk assessment and report costs £199 + VAT.

For more information visit www.legalfirerisk.co.uk