Hazard and escape review
Fire hazards and means of escape assessed against current occupancy and use.
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Fire Risk Assessments
Competent fire risk assessments with prioritised, costed action plans, carried out to the standard a Responsible Person can rely on.
A plan a Responsible Person can act on.
Fire risk assessments that end in a plan, not a filing cabinet.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Responsible Person has to know the risk and show what is being done about it. DefendX assesses the hazards, the escape routes, the systems and the management arrangements, then ranks every finding by risk.
The result is a costed action plan, not just a document. Where remedial work is needed, DefendX can carry it out directly, so the assessment leads somewhere.
DefendX carries out fire risk assessments under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, identifying hazards, evaluating existing controls and producing a prioritised, costed action plan the Responsible Person can act on immediately.
At a glance
- Standard
- RRFSO 2005
- Output
- Prioritised, costed action plan
- Assessor
- Competent, qualified
- Review
- Scheduled reassessment
What it covers
The work, line by line.
Every line is delivered against written assignment instructions and reported into the AOG weekly review.
Detection and alarm review
Fire detection, alarm and emergency lighting systems checked against the assessment.
Management review
Evacuation plans, training records and procedures checked against the Order's requirements.
Action plan
Findings ranked by risk and costed, so the Responsible Person can prioritise spend.
What is included
Inside the service.
- Full fire risk assessment under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Fire hazard and means of escape review
- Fire detection, alarm and emergency lighting review
- Management and procedural review, including evacuation plans and training records
- Prioritised, costed action plan ranked by risk
- Periodic review scheduling aligned to the building's risk profile
Why AOG
What you get that you would not elsewhere.
Assessments carried out by competent, qualified fire risk assessors
Action plans are prioritised and costed, not a list with no order or budget
Findings link directly into DefendX remedial works, one contractor closes the loop
Review scheduling keeps the assessment current rather than a one-off document
Reports written for a Responsible Person to act on, not just to file
Runs alongside fire door surveys and compartmentation surveys for a full building picture
Where it is deployed
Sectors using Fire Risk Assessments.
Proof
Operational, not aspirational.
100%
findings converted into a prioritised action register
Every DefendX FRA ends with prioritised actions, ownership and review status, not a report that disappears into a filing cabinet.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Who needs a fire risk assessment?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person for non-domestic premises, and for the common parts of certain residential buildings, must ensure a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment is carried out and kept under review.
What makes an assessor competent?
A competent assessor has the training, knowledge and experience to identify fire hazards, evaluate existing controls and produce a prioritised action plan appropriate to the type and complexity of the building being assessed.
How often should a fire risk assessment be reviewed?
Reviews should happen periodically and whenever there is a significant change to the building, its use or its occupancy, aligned to the building's own risk profile rather than a fixed calendar date regardless of circumstances.
What happens after the assessment identifies actions?
Findings are ranked by risk into a costed action plan the responsible person can act on, with the highest-risk items prioritised first.
How does a fire risk assessment relate to remedial works?
Where the assessment identifies a defect, such as damaged fire stopping or a non-compliant fire door, DefendX can carry out the remedial work directly, so the same organisation that found the issue can close it out.
Talk to DefendX about a fire risk assessment.
Tell us the building and its use. We will come back with a scope and a quote.