The Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order 2005

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The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

• Presentation by Alan Gill

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In 1993

• A home office working group concluded
• Fire Precautions Act 1971 did not provide the
  most suitable legislative means for ensuring fire
  safety in the 1990s and beyond

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Legislative Overlap

• Responsibilities?

Fire Precautions Act 1971
Fire Precautions Workplace Regs 1997
Duplication overlap of enforcement
Your role
Our role
(121 other pieces of legislation)
Fire Brigade
Business Community
(Prescriptive)
(Risk Assessment)
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Objectives of the RRO

• To focus resources for Fire Prevention on
  premises which present the greatest risk
• Ensure that Fire Safety features and equipment
  are well maintained
• Overall aim is to reduce avoidable fires

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• Premises within scope of RRO

Hospital Care home House in multiple occupation
(HMO) Flats gt 4 storeys Hostels Hotel House
converted to flat Other sleeping
accommodation Further Education
Establishment Public Building Licensed
premises Schools Shops Other premises open to the
public Factory or warehouse Office Other
workplace

Fire Safety Emergency Cover Model 17
PremisesTypes
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RRO does not apply to

• Domestic premises
• Offshore installations
• Ships (unless permanently moored)
• Fields, woods or land (forestry/agricultural)
• Aircraft, locomotive, rolling stock, trailer or
  semi-trailer (when used as a means of transport)
• Mines
• Boreholes

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Your Role

• Covered by Articles 8-22 requires you to identify
  appoint a responsible person.
• That responsible person must ensure that either
  he or another responsible (competent) person
• Carries out a Fire Risk Assessment
• Records significant findings and subsequent
  control measures
• Provides adequate general fire precautions
• Considers the safety of all relevant persons
• Provides adequate staff training
• Appoints competent persons

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Responsible Person (Article 3)

• Defined as
• a) In relation to a workplace, the employer, if
  the workplace is to any extent under his control
• b) In relation to premises not falling within
  paragraph (a)
• The person who has control over the premises (as
  an occupier or otherwise) in connection with the
  carrying on by him of a trade or business or
  other undertaking for profit or not
• OR
• ii) The owner where the person in control of the
  premises does not have control in connection with
  the carrying on by that person of a trade or
  business or other undertaking

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The Responsible Person

• Employer
• Person in control of premises
• Owner
• (NB the responsible person must appoint a
  competent person)

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General Fire Precautions

• (Article 4)
• Reduction of ignition sources
• Provision of means of escape
• Protection of means of escape
• Provide fire fighting measures
• Detection and warning
• Staff training
• Measures to mitigate the effects of fire

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Relevant Person

• Lawfully on the premises
• In the vicinity of the premises who is at risk
  from a fire on the premises
• (This does not include fire fighters who are
  carrying out fire fighting operations as
  described in FRS Act 2004)

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Competent Person

• Sufficient training and experience or knowledge
  and other qualities to enable him to properly
  assist in undertaking the preventive and
  protective measures
• Responsible Person appoint themselves
• Employee
• Externally e.g. Specialists

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Fire Risk Assessment

• 5 Steps
• Identify Fire Hazards
• Identify People at Risk
• Evaluate, Remove, Reduce and Protect from Risk
• Preventive
• Protective
• Record, Plan, Instruct, Inform and Train
• Review and revise where necessary

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Potential Loss
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Devastation
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Business Protection (Continuity Planning)
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Means of Escape
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2nd Floor Means of Escape
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Fire Alarm Detection System
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Emergency Lighting
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Fire Safety Signs Notices
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Fire Fighting Equipment
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Compartmentation
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Fire Stopping
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Fire Hazards within the Premises
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Fire Hazards within the Premises
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Fire Hazard
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Safe Practice
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Electrical Hazard
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Boundary Risks
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Boundary Risks
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Fire Training

• Responsible person must ensure all employees are
  provided with adequate Fire Safety Training
• Training must be Risk Related
• Carried out periodically (annually)
• Include persons with mobility and other health
  related issues

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Fire Evacuation Exercise
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Record Keeping

• All records assist in proving due diligence
• Fire Risk Assessment
• Fire Warning System
• Emergency Lighting System
• Fire Fighting Equipment
• Staff Training
• Theory
• Practical (Drills)

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Enforcement

• Fire Authorities have been tasked with developing
  an enforcement programme
• Breaches can be dealt with informally
• Serious breaches will result in
• Deficiencies list
• Enforcement Notice
• Prohibition Notice
• Prosecution
• Non compliance will lead to court action

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Fire Safety Guides (Produced by DCLG Sector
Specific

• Offices and Shops
• Factories/Warehouses
• Sleeping Accommodation
• Residential Care Premises
• Educational Premises
• Small Medium Places of Assembly
• Large Places of Assembly
• Theatres, Cinemas etc
• Healthcare Premises
• Open Air Events and Venues
• Transport Premises and Facilities

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Fire Officers FRA Findings

• Generic Risk Assessments (Tick Boxes)
• Insufficient Detail
• Academic Reports
• Lack of Understanding of Content
• Identified deficiencies not implemented

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Fire Officers On Site Findings

• Insufficient Fire Training
• Records not available
• Records not maintained
• Systems not tested (FA EL FFE)

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Helpful Information

• The Fire Protection Associationwww.thefpa.co.uk
• The Institute of Fire Engineerswww.ife.org.uk
• The National Fire Service College
  www.fireservicecollege.ac.uk
• AWG Fire Health and Safety
• www.awgfire.co.uk