Some businesses in the UK still look at Fire Risk Assessments as a cost that they do not need, what they do not realise is the cost could be one or more lives of the people as an employer they are responsible for.  By law employers have to ensure that their workplace is a safe place to work and has all the preventions in place to prevent accidents and in more extreme cases death.

The Facts about Fire Risk Assessments

Cost should not be an issue, professionally carried out Fire Risk Assessments can prevent heafty fines and most importantly the loss of lives.  This means that the cost could be so much higher if employers are found to be responsible for an unsafe place to work.

By investing in a professional Fire Consultant, you are NOT employing 'Big Brother' to come and spy on your workplace to report you the authorities; a Fire Safety Consult is there to help and advise.  They will inform you of any preventions that you can put in place to prevent a fire and put safety measures in place to help the evacuation process if there was to be a fire in the workplace.  They will check fire safety equipment, advise on what fire safey equipment is needed and ensure that your workplace is safe.

In 2009 the highest fine was a given to highstreet outlet £400,000, so think twice when cutting corners with the prevention of fire in the workplace!