Fire Risk Assessment Hampshire

A fire risk assessment in Hampshire is your way to stay safe and prepared.

Our skilled team provides thorough risk assessments for commercial and domestic properties across Hampshire. These assessments help you identify the measures you need to take to prevent fires and limit them if they do happen.

About Fire Risk Assessments

A fire risk assessment is crucial for safeguarding your building and everyone living or working within it. The assessment pinpoints vulnerable areas, potential hazards and opportunities for improvement. Implementing the recommendations can significantly lower the risk of a fire occurring.

The fire risk assessment will also involve creating an emergency plan, detailing what people should do in the event of a fire, who should be responsible for handling evacuation and how to handle a small fire.

Other areas reviewed in fire risk assessment include:

• Escape routes
• Emergency lighting
• Firefighting equipment, such as extinguishers
• Fire signage, like emergency exit signs
• Fire detection systems, such as smoke alarms

Why Choose Hawkesworth?

We offer fire risk assessments in Hampshire for retail, hospitality, commercial offices, education facilities, and HMOs. We’ve worked with big brands like Wetherspoons and FatFace and domestic homeowners who want to keep their properties safe.

• We are fully accredited and experienced
• We offer out-of-hours appointments to work around your business needs
• All of our engineers are City & Guilds certified and DBS-checked
• We can arrange multi-site offers if you need a fire risk assessment in London for more than one property

To arrange a fire risk assessment in Hampshire, use our contact page to get in touch.

FAQs

Is a fire risk assessment a legal requirement?

Yes, a fire risk assessment is legally required under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. If you are responsible for a building that isn’t a single private dwelling, you are legally obligated to arrange a fire risk assessment, regardless of the number of employees or residents.

How often do I need to update the fire risk assessment?

There is no strict rule on how often a fire risk assessment should be updated, but the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), which enforces fire safety legislation, advises:

“Any fire risk assessment must be reviewed by the responsible person regularly to keep it up to date. While there is no exact definition of ‘regularly,’ reviewing it annually is generally considered best practice.”

A fire risk assessment is a living document and should be reviewed regularly to ensure it remains current. This is particularly important if there are changes in your business, such as hiring more staff or altering the building layout. To decide when to review it, consider the 3 Ps:

• Property
• People
• Processes

If significant changes occur in any of these areas, it’s time to review your fire risk assessment.