Level 4 qualified fire risk assessments for blocks of flats, workplaces and HMOs. You get clear findings, prioritised actions, and a report written for the responsible person, not for the shelf.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person for almost every non-domestic building, and the common parts of blocks of flats, must have a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment and keep it under review. It is the document every other fire safety duty hangs off.
Our Level 4 qualified fire risk assessor leads every assessment. That is the advanced tier of fire risk assessment qualification, and our £2m professional indemnity insurance covers the work. We walk the building and assess the hazards, the means of escape, the compartmentation and the management arrangements. Then we give you findings in plain English, with actions in priority order: what needs doing now, what can be planned, and what is simply worth knowing.
And because fire doors are our specialism, the part of an assessment most often skimmed, the doors, gets a genuinely expert eye.
Level 4 qualified assessor · £2m professional indemnity · prioritised, practical actions
A suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment is the responsible person’s core duty under the Fire Safety Order 2005, and it must stay under review. So ours gives you the document, the reasoning and the review point.
A Level 4 qualified assessor leads the work, and £2m professional indemnity insurance covers it. We have confirmed with our insurer that this policy covers assessment work.
Findings in plain English, actions in priority order, and the evidence filed. As a result, the assessment drives what actually happens in the building, rather than sitting in a drawer.
Escape routes, fire doors, compartmentation, signage and emergency lighting, all assessed in the context of how your building is actually used.
Every finding gets a risk rating, so effort and budget go where they reduce danger most, rather than spread thin across low-priority items.
A clear, prioritised written report with actions and timescales. That is evidence of your assessment for the responsible person and enforcing authorities.
An assessment often flags fire doors that need attention. We can carry out the door inspection and the remedial work too, and you get £50 per door off anything we put right on inspection. In short, one provider, from assessment to compliant doors.
Straight answers to the questions responsible persons, landlords and managing agents ask us most about fire risk assessments.
A fire risk assessment is a structured review of a building. It identifies fire hazards, decides who could be harmed and how, and sets out what must be done to reduce the risk to an acceptable level. It is the foundation of a building's fire safety. In other words, every other duty, including how fire doors and escape routes are managed, flows from its findings.
Yes. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person for most non-domestic premises and the communal areas of residential buildings must carry out a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment and keep it up to date. Where a building contains two or more sets of domestic premises, the Fire Safety Act 2021 and the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 add further duties.
You should review the assessment regularly, and whenever there is a significant change to the building, its use or its occupants, or following a fire or near miss. In practice, many responsible persons review annually and commission a full reassessment periodically. That way, the assessment always reflects the building as it is now, rather than as it once was.
An assessment examines the sources of ignition and fuel, the means of escape and travel distances, and the building's compartmentation, including fire doors and their condition. It also covers the fire detection and warning systems, emergency lighting, signage and day-to-day fire safety management. The outcome is a prioritised, practical list of what needs attention and by when.
The responsible person must appoint a competent person: someone with the training, experience and knowledge to assess the building properly. A Level 4 qualified, insured assessor carries out ours, and we document every finding so you can act on it and evidence it.
The assessment is where fire door priorities are set. It identifies which doors are fire doors, flags their condition, and establishes how critical each one is to the escape strategy and compartmentation. Therefore, decisions to inspect, repair or replace doors should follow the assessment's findings, so effort and budget go where the risk actually is.
You receive a clear written report with a formal record of the significant findings and a prioritised, actionable plan. That is evidence you can act on and hold in your fire safety file. Above all, it is designed to be understood and used, not a tick-box document that sits in a drawer.
We carry out fire risk assessments across Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch and the wider Dorset area, including Wimborne, Ferndown and Ringwood, as well as Southampton and south Hampshire. Our clients include landlords, managing agents, housing associations and businesses.
Last reviewed 6 September 2026 by Daniel Storr, Founder & Managing Director.
Helpful guides: who is the responsible person? · fire safety legislation & standards · the 2022 Regulations · who pays — leaseholder or freeholder?
Sectors we help: block management · social housing · student accommodation & HMOs
Next steps & products: fire door inspections · fire door maintenance
Level 4 qualified assessor · £2m professional indemnity · prioritised, practical actions
A single block or a whole portfolio, across Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch and the wider South Coast. Bundle it with a fire door inspection, and the two reports work as one evidence file.
