Fire Safety article in the Guardian.

Click on the link above to give access to the article on Fire Safety printed in The Guardian yesterday.

Here is an excerpt:

It is important that the person carrying out the fire risk assessment is competent. Although competence does not necessarily depend on the possession of specific qualifications,evidence of specialist training and experience, or membership of a professional body, can enable suitable competence to be demonstrated.!"Several professional bodies operate risk assessor registers but certification schemes are in
their infancy with one currently available and others in development,” says Fire Industry Association CEO, Graham Ellicott.

We are currently on 3 Registers for Fire Safety Consultants. These are The Institution of Fire Engineers,The Fire Industry Association and Means of Escape. We had to show evidence of sufficient skills, knowledge and experience before these bodies allowed Registration.

Make sure if you employ someone to carry out a Fire Risk Assessment that they are Third Party Accredited.