Templates
The paperwork, free to take away. Risk assessments, test records, inspection checklists and drill logs — the documents a responsible person is expected to be able to produce. Free to print and use in your business.
17 templates, grouped by the job they belong to. Each one explains what the record is for and what it has to survive when somebody asks to see it.
Risk assessment & management
- Fire risk assessment templateA printable fire risk assessment form, covering the premises, the people at risk, the hazards, the fire safety measures already in place and the significant findings that come out of it.
- Fire safety arrangements recordA pro-forma for writing down who does what on fire safety — the responsible person, the competent persons assisting, the wardens, and the arrangements for testing, training and review.
- Personal emergency evacuation plan (PEEP)A printable PEEP form for recording how a person who could not evacuate unaided will get out, what help they need and who is providing it.
- Hot work permitA printable hot work permit for welding, cutting, grinding, soldering and hot bitumen work — the precautions before, the watch during and the sign-off that closes it.
Detection, alarms & equipment
- Weekly fire alarm test recordA printable log for the routine fire alarm test — which call point was used, whether the sounders were heard everywhere, and what was wrong if anything was.
- Emergency lighting test recordA printable log for emergency lighting tests, separating the short function check from the full-duration test and recording which luminaires failed.
- Fire extinguisher inspection checklistA printable checklist for the routine visual inspection of portable extinguishers — in place, unobstructed, undamaged, correctly charged and not overdue for service.
- Fire door inspection checklistA printable fire door inspection sheet covering the leaf, the frame, the gaps, the seals, the ironmongery, the glazing and the signage, with the gaps recorded as measurements rather than ticks.
- Sprinkler and suppression check recordA printable log for the routine checks a responsible person can make on a sprinkler or fixed suppression system, and a record of the competent-person servicing that sits behind them.
Means of escape & drills
- Fire drill recordA printable fire drill record covering the scenario, the routes used, how the evacuation actually went, what went wrong and what was changed as a result.
- Escape route inspection checklistA printable walk-the-route checklist for escape routes and final exits — clear, openable, lit, signed and free of the storage that accumulates in corridors.
- Fire action noticeA printable fire action notice for the wall, with blanks for the assembly point, the alarm sound and who to call, rather than a sign that tells everybody the wrong assembly point.
- Fire warden duties checklistA printable record of who the fire wardens are, which areas they sweep, what they are expected to do on the alarm and what training they have had.
Records & enforcement
- Fire log bookA printable fire log book: a cover, an index of what belongs in it, and record pages for the tests, services, drills, training and findings that make up a premises' fire safety history.
- Fire safety induction checklistA printable induction checklist for new starters, contractors and anybody else who needs to know what the alarm sounds like and where to go when it does.
- Fire safety audit checklistA printable audit checklist for checking that fire safety management is actually happening — the records, the testing, the training and the open actions — as distinct from assessing the risk itself.
- Fire safety enforcement response checklistA printable checklist for responding to a fire and rescue service audit, an informal notice, an enforcement notice or a prohibition notice — what to gather, who to tell and what to do with the deadline.