This short guide is intended to assist ‘persons’ with duties under fire safety legislation in England under Article 50 of the FSO to comply with the legislation. Its purpose is to explain the duties in simple, nonlegal language.
This guidance is intended to assist those with duties under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations to comply with regulation 10, which makes requirements about fire doors in all buildings that contain two or more domestic premises and that contain common parts, through which residents would need to evacuate in a fire.
Fire door checklist template, provided by Home Office
This Ark explainer video looks at the new requirements regarding premises information boxes.
Under the Fire Safety England Regulations of 2022, the responsible person must install and maintain a secure information box in or on a high-rise residential building.
This explainer video focuses on Fire Risk Assessments, from the Fire Safety Act 2021. The video looks at the new requirements and measures for the Fire Risk Assessment and details the new areas that need to be considered, such as structure, external walls and tenant fire doors.
David Hills, Senior Director at ARK Workplace Risk looks at the new requirements surrounding fire doors and fire door inspection. The RP must undertake an inspection of the door to identify and obvious damage and issues.
This explainer video focuses on the new requirements regarding checking and inspection of lifts and firefighting equipment.
A good practice Advice Note for professional Fire Safety personnel involved in the residential long leasehold sector, including managing agents, developers and landlords.
ARMA Guidance Note B05: Fire Safety guidance note sets out the key requirements for managing fire safety in multi-occupied residential buildings.