Smart Health & Safety
A crack team of specialists to ensure your Fire Risk Assessment and Reporting obligations are fully compliant with the latest legislation.
About Smart Fire Health & Safety
If you are responsible for premises then you are required to have a Fire Risk Assessment by law. This has been the case since 2006, yet still we encounter clients who are not aware of their responsibilities.
The legislation (Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005) was designed with supplementary guidance documents which in theory allowed the ‘Responsible Person’ to complete their own fire risk assessment. However, the reality is that for anything more than the simplest premises the assistance of a ‘Competent Person’ will be required.
We can assist you by providing a Competent Person to complete your fire risk assessment. A Competent Person is defined in law as somebody with a blend of training, skills, knowledge and experience. Our team also have previous invaluable experience as Fire Safety Enforcement Officers to call upon…or if you prefer, poacher turned gamekeeper to your advantage!
Read more about how we work…
There are three important aspects to how we complete a fire risk assessment for our clients.
- We don’t want you spending more than is necessary and seek cost-effective solutions.
- To our knowledge, we are the most competitive provider of this comprehensive service.
- Our process itself, which is outlined below:
- We use a digital inspection application. We collect the data from your premises, subject it to a QA process, and issue your fire risk assessment which identifies vulnerabilities and advises on how to resolve them.
- Photographic references are included throughout the report to maximise the clarity of the action required.
- As well as a PDF copy of your fire risk assessment, we have the facility to allocate electronic ‘actions’ to nominated persons within your organisation. This increases the level of ownership for each action and, once completed, automatically updates our database. When all actions are completed we will issue an updated fire risk assessment to you for no extra charge.
- Our digitised process is based on bespoke templates we have created to meet the industry standard for Fire Risk Assessment. We have streamlined the process using our app-based approach to allow fast turnaround. This is important in maintaining the currency of the information and your subsequent compliance. If required, we can discuss same and next day turnaround for the process.
We offer a range of services such as Fire Risk Assessments, Fire Marshall Training and Health & Safety Audits for commercial, retail and residential including HMOs (Houses in Multiple Occupation).
If you would like to find out more, or for an obligation free quotation, please complete the following enquiry form. We will usually provide a response within a few hours.
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The Key to Effective Fire Risk Assessments: Competency
When it comes to fire risk assessments, competency is absolutely crucial. It’s not just about ticking boxes or going through the motions; it’s about having the knowledge, skills, and experience to accurately identify potential fire hazards and implement effective preventive measures.
Our services
Fire Risk Assessments
Fire Awareness and Fire Marshall Training
Health & Safety Audits and Risk Assessments
Under UK law, all organisations with five or more staff are required to maintain a written Health and Safety Policy. This will cover arrangements such as your risk assessments covering significant hazards in your workplace. Health & Safety Executive guidance details a five step approach to conducting these analyses covering: identifying hazards; deciding who might be harmed and how; evaluating the risks and deciding on control measures; recording and implementing key findings; and reviewing and updating your assessment.
How we help…
A multi-national retail client introduced a potentially flammable product range into their flagship stores.
They requested our advice in advance to ensure suitable control measures would be implemented in advance. Smart Fire Health and Safety were able to provide suitable guidance on the storage and handling of the product to meet regulatory requirements and reflect a significant change in existing fire risk assessments.
Case Study: A retail story
A leading High Street currency exchange company based in London and the Home Counties placed a tender to secure Fire Risk Assessment services across its 100 plus outlets. Smart Fire Health and Safety procured this work by demonstrating that they had a product that would stand up to Regulatory scrutiny and allow for cash flow forecasting via its risk management software.
The project requirements were such that all of the organisations retail units and concessions had to be assessed within a one month deadline with risk reporting in real time.
Smart Fire Health and Safety completed the project within the parameters of the tender by allocating three dedicated assessors to the project under the control of a Project Manager who also acted as the quality assurance lead which ensured consistency of reporting.
The main challenges for the project were:
- Diverse spread of retail outlets across London and the South East.
- Short project timeline
- Interaction with other retailers who had shared control of common parts.
- Implementation of the risk output into the organisational management system.
- Balancing in-house security measures that are inherent to a cash environment against means of escape.
Upon completion of the project, Smart Fire Health and Safety provided the organisation with a dashboard that had live feeds into the all of the significant findings of the fire risk assessments. This allowed them to sign off work as being completed which dynamically reduced their risk rating.
How we help…
Meet the team
Andrew Ray
Within Smart Fire Health and Safety, Andrew is responsible for the implementation of fire risk management systems utilising state of the art software and data management tools.
Mark Crowter
Mark is a fire safety consultant within Smart Fire Health and Safety and manages a selection of our clients’ properties covering a broad variety of sectors.
From our Satisfied Customers…
We are a leading UK cable supplier specialising in the supply, management and distribution of electrical cables and accessories for the Oil and Gas sectors
We engaged SHS to deliver fire safety training to our staff. Their feedback following the training led us to engage them to carry out Fire Risk Assessments across our UK business units and our main manufacturing base at Erith. They have delivered a quality product and remain our preferred supplier. We are happy to recommend them.
SMART’s assessors demonstrate an unbridled passion in their competent person role. They are reliable and consistent in their approach and delivery. It’s these factors that makes them our preferred choice.
Smart Fire Health and Safety have been providing Charlton Ross with fire risk management and consultancy services on a number of high profile contracts for the past 10 years.
Having assisted us, as strategic delivery partners, on these important contracts we would have no hesitation in recommending them, and working with them again in the future.
Smart Fire Health and Safety have managed Fire Safety for our large portfolio of UK and European retail clients for over a decade.
Their commitment to customer service goes beyond expectation. We are pleased to continue in this well-founded partnership.
FAQs
1. What is a fire risk assessment?
2. Why have fire safety training?
3. Do I have to carry out fire drills?
4. The SHS Difference
Smart Fire Health and Safety have been providing high quality fire and safety services to businesses nationally for the past 30 years. We deliver our services in an effective, efficient and economic way. We are not a consultancy that bases itself on tick box compliance or constant client billing but one that prides itself on developing a partnership through collaboration.
5. Why use Smart Fire Health & Safety?
- Qualified, insured & accredited assessors
- Specialists in landlord & HMO compliance
- Practical recommendations to fix common issues
- Trusted by businesses, agents, landlords, councils UK-wide
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