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Fire Risk Assessments
Writing, reviewing and acting on FRAs under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
How often should a fire risk assessment be reviewed, by building type?
Review frequency isn't fixed by law, but different building types carry different practical risk profiles that reasonably push the interval up or down.
11 June 2026 · 5 min readFire risk assessments in multi-occupancy buildings: who's responsible for what
Shared corridors, communal fire alarms and multiple leaseholders make responsibility genuinely harder to pin down — and easier to assume someone else has covered.
14 May 2026 · 5 min readWhat actually happens if your fire risk assessment is out of date?
Nothing happens immediately, which is exactly the problem — the gap tends to surface at the worst possible moment rather than the moment it opens up.
16 April 2026 · 4 min readFire risk assessment vs fire safety audit: what's the difference?
The two terms get used interchangeably in conversation, but they're not quite the same document, and confusing them can leave a gap in what's actually on file.
26 March 2026 · 5 min readThe most common fire risk assessment actions, and how to actually close them
The same handful of action types show up on assessment after assessment. Recognising the pattern makes closing them out faster and less ad hoc.
5 March 2026 · 5 min readWho can actually carry out a fire risk assessment?
The RRFSO doesn't require a specific qualification for simple buildings, but 'competent' is doing a lot of work in that sentence.
5 February 2026 · 4 min readFire risk assessment review dates: how often is often enough?
There's no single fixed interval written into law. What matters is whether the review date on file still reflects the building as it actually is today.
8 January 2026 · 5 min readHow to actually read a fire risk assessment
Most FRAs get filed unread beyond the summary page. The action plan and the significant findings are where the document actually earns its keep.