Fire Risk Assessment: Meeting the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order
Last updated: 8 October 2025
Author: Jade Anderson, Senior Reporter — UK-Safety.News
Who’s Responsible?
The “responsible person” (employer, owner, occupier) must ensure a suitable and sufficient Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) and maintain fire safety measures.
Five Steps to an Effective FRA
1) Identify fire hazards
Sources of ignition, fuel, oxygen, and processes that change risk.
2) Identify people at risk
Workers, visitors, contractors, sleeping occupants, lone/night workers.
3) Evaluate, remove, reduce risk
Engineering controls (detection, suppression), housekeeping, process changes.
4) Record, plan, train
Emergency plan, drills, training, signage, maintenance logs.
5) Review and update
After changes to layout, processes, staffing, or incidents—at least annually.
Critical Controls
Compartmentation, clear escape routes, maintained detectors/alarms, correct extinguishers, emergency lighting, up-to-date signage, and trained fire wardens.
Quick FRA Audit
✅ FRA documented and current
✅ Actions closed with owners and dates
✅ Drills completed and recorded
✅ Maintenance certificates (alarms, lighting, extinguishers)
✅ Fire doors functional and unobstructed