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Fire Risk Assessment Checklist for Facilities

by Keith Dixon, from the Community

This fire risk assessment checklist helps facility managers and safety teams evaluate building details, occupancy, and occupants at special risk. It covers ignition sources such as electrical systems, smoking, arson, heating, cooking, and lightning protection. The template guides reviews of housekeeping, contractor controls, and means of escape, including travel distances, protected routes, and accessibility. It includes checks for compartmentation, escape lighting, signage, alarms, detection, extinguishers, and fixed suppression. Operational procedures, liaison with the fire service, staff training, drills, testing, maintenance, and record keeping are also addressed.

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Fire Risk Assessment Checklist
This Fire Risk Assessment checklist helps organizations evaluate fire hazards and compliance across their premises. It covers premises details and occupants at risk, electrical ignition sources, smoking controls, arson prevention, heating and cooking risks, housekeeping standards, contractor controls and hot works, and other ignition sources. It assesses means of escape, provisions for people with disabilities (including PEEPs and refuges), and measures to limit fire spread such as compartmentation and dampers. It includes checks for emergency lighting, fire safety signage, alarm and detection systems, portable extinguishers, and hose reels. The template also guides procedures for emergencies, liaison with fire services, staff roles and training (including fire wardens and drills), and testing and maintenance routines for alarms, lighting, extinguishers, and escape routes.
by Christine Steele, from the Community
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Premises Fire Risk Assessment Checklist
This Premises Fire Risk Assessment checklist helps responsible persons and facility managers evaluate building fire safety. It covers general information about the building and occupants, identification and control of ignition sources, smoking policies, arson prevention, portable heaters, kitchen safety, and lightning protection. It assesses means of escape, compartmentation, escape lighting, signage, alarms, and fire extinguishing systems. The template also guides management practices, including emergency planning, designated roles, liaison with fire services, training and drills, routine inspections, maintenance, and comprehensive record keeping. Finally, it supports risk rating and recommendations to schedule re-assessments and improve overall fire safety compliance.
by Paul Turpin, from the Community
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Office Fire Risk Assessment Checklist FRA
This office fire risk assessment checklist helps assess lower risk premises by reviewing building details, occupants at risk, ignition sources, electrical safety, smoking controls, arson prevention, housekeeping, means of escape, fire doors and signage, alarms and detection, extinguishers, emergency lighting, training and drills, testing and maintenance, and record keeping. Use it to document hazards, existing controls, and actions to improve fire safety and compliance.
by raj muthurajah, from the Community
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Fire Risk Assessment Report for Housing
This Fire Risk Assessment Report template for housing helps identify life safety risks and ensure compliance with applicable fire safety legislation. It guides assessors through building details, occupancy, and vulnerable persons, then reviews ignition sources, smoking controls, arson risk, heating, cooking, lightning protection, and housekeeping. It evaluates means of escape, compartmentation, emergency lighting, signage, alarms, extinguishers, and other fixed systems. Management procedures, training, testing and maintenance, records, resident engagement, and risk rating are also covered, with space for recommendations and review dates.
by Jonathan Watt, from the Community
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