Nothing is written down
You are the responsible person under the Fire Safety Order and there is no recorded assessment, or the only one you have is a form somebody filled in years ago.
A written assessment to PAS 79-1:2020 methodology, carried out by NFRAR Advanced registered assessors, ending in a prioritised action plan you can hand to a contractor or a board.
Twenty minutes, no charge. Or call 07949 084819.
NFRAR Advanced registered
Consultants in Cheshire and the West Midlands
Professional indemnity insured
Who this is for
Most fire risk assessment enquiries arrive for one of three reasons. If you recognise yours here, the Greenlight Call will tell you what you need and roughly what it will cost.
You are the responsible person under the Fire Safety Order and there is no recorded assessment, or the only one you have is a form somebody filled in years ago.
An insurer, a landlord, a licensing officer or the fire and rescue service has asked for your assessment and you are not confident it will hold up.
A new layout, a new process, a change of use or a change in who sleeps or works there. Any of those makes the old assessment out of date.
What you get
The report is built to be handed to a maintenance team, an insurer or an enforcing officer without translation. Every finding carries a priority and a timescale.
Does it apply to us
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 puts the duty on the responsible person, and since October 2023 the assessment has to be recorded in writing however many people you employ. These are the premises types we are asked about most.
Where the premises also hold flammable liquids, gases or combustible dusts, a DSEAR risk assessment applies as well. The two overlap on most industrial sites, so we carry them out in a single visit where that works.
How it works
The same sequence whether it is a single-storey office or a large industrial site.
Twenty minutes on the phone to scope the building, its use and who occupies it.
Confirmed in writing, with the turnaround date, before anyone comes to site.
Sized to the building. A small office is a short visit, a complex or sleeping-risk premises longer.
We walk you through the findings and what to tackle first, in what order, by when.
What it costs
£450 to £2,500
Depending on the size of the premises, the building type, the complexity and the use of the building. That range is published so you can budget before you enquire. Multi-site discounts are available. Scope, fixed price and turnaround date are agreed in writing after the Greenlight Call and before anyone comes to site. No hourly billing, no open-ended day rate, no extras added afterwards.
How the work is delivered
Assessments are carried out by professionally qualified assessors working to a single documented method, with scoping and technical sign-off held centrally. You get the same standard whoever attends.
Assessors registered on the National Fire Risk Assessors Register at Advanced level, and members of recognised professional bodies.
Every report is reviewed and signed off by a Chartered practitioner before it reaches you.
From single-storey offices to large industrial and high-hazard sites.
Recommendations you can put into practice, sized to the risk rather than to worst-case theory.
What this assessment is written to
Assessments are carried out by NFRAR Advanced registered assessors and technically reviewed before the report reaches you. Registrations and CVs are available on request.
Proof
“York Green brought clarity to a complex environment. Their site work was professional, their report clear and practical, and their recommendations have given us real confidence in how we manage fire and explosion risks.”
Independently assessed
Straight answers
Yes, if you are the responsible person for any non-domestic premises in England or Wales. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires one, and since October 2023 it must be recorded in writing regardless of how many people you employ. There is no exemption for small businesses.
In a workplace it is the employer. Elsewhere it is whoever has control of the premises: the building owner, the landlord, the occupier or the managing agent. Where more than one person holds that duty, they have to cooperate to meet it. If you are not sure which of you it is, that is worth settling before an incident rather than after one.
There is no fixed interval in the legislation. It has to be reviewed whenever there is reason to suspect it is no longer valid: a change of layout, a change of use, a change in occupancy, new processes or new equipment. Many organisations also review annually as a matter of good practice.
It depends on the premises, and the assessment is what determines it. In most buildings the list includes detection and warning, escape routes and exits that are marked and kept clear, emergency lighting where it is needed, firefighting equipment that is maintained, staff training and drills, and an evacuation plan that accounts for people with mobility needs.
Someone with the knowledge, training and experience to carry out a suitable and sufficient assessment for your type of building. There is no single mandated qualification. In practice competence is shown through fire safety qualifications, membership of recognised professional bodies, registration on a third party register such as NFRAR, and a record of assessing comparable premises. The responsible person stays liable if the assessment is inadequate, so it is worth asking to see the evidence.
The law does not set a number. Guidance points to at least once a year, and many organisations run two so that different shifts and conditions are covered. New staff should be walked through the evacuation procedure when they start rather than waiting for the next drill.
Where an industrial or chemical process involves flammable liquids, gases or combustible dusts, there are additional precautions around storage, ventilation, ignition source control and explosion risk. Those sit under DSEAR rather than the Fire Safety Order. We carry out both assessments in a single site visit where a premises needs them, rather than billing two separate mobilisations.
Consultants are based in Cheshire and the West Midlands, and most of our work sits in the corridor between them: Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, the North West and Merseyside, Shropshire and the Midlands, and across into Yorkshire. Beyond that corridor we work nationwide, and have delivered assessments as far as London, Lincoln and the South Coast. Wherever the site is, the price you are quoted after the Greenlight Call is the price.
Next step
Five boxes, about a minute. Every enquiry is read by a consultant rather than a call centre, and we come back to you within one working day with a scope and a fixed price. If the honest answer is that you do not need what you are asking for, we will tell you that instead of quoting for it.
Would rather talk now? Call 07949 084819 or email enquiries@yorkgreen.uk.
We reply within one working day.