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2 August 2016
Fire Safety and your responsibilities
You’re responsible for fire safety in business or other non-domestic
premises if you’re:
· an employer
· the owner
· the landlord
· an occupier
· anyone else with control of the premises, eg a facilities manager,
building manager, managing agent or risk assessor
You’re known as the ‘responsible person’. If there’s more than one responsible person, you have to work together to meet your responsibilities. The Fire Safety Order also applies if you have paying guests, eg if you run a bed and breakfast, guesthouse or let a self-catering
Responsibilities
As the responsible person you must:
· carry out a fire risk assessment of the premises and review it regularly
· tell staff or their representatives about the risks you’ve identified
· put in place, and maintain, appropriate fire safety measures
· plan for an emergency
· provide staff information, fire safety instruction and training
Have a look at our fire safety page to see how we can help.
