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 What qualifications does a fire risk assessor have to have to be competent, and to be able to comply legally with his designs for fire alarm systems etc?


My customer is getting in a bloke to carry out a fire risk assessment prior to installing smoke/heat/CO alarms in a rental holiday cottage.


Can just any old unqualified body claim to be a fire risk assessor, like estate agents that need no formal qualifications?


Thanks,


Z.
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    The Design of Fire Detection Installations for Dwellings. A Guide to BS 5839-6 (second edition) Paperback – 1 Sept. 2004




    by Colin Todd (Author)


     

    The Design, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems. A Guide to BS 5839-1 Paperback – 1 Oct. 2008




    by Colin S Todd  (Author)

     

    The BS 9999 Handbook. Effective fire safety in the design, management and use of buildingsPaperback – 31 May 2010




    by Michael Green (Author), Jonathan Joinson (Author)



    Amazon says I bought those books in September 2012, nine years ago and I have just shown my wife what Amazon values them at, she wants to know if I’m going to sell them and if my bookcase that she has muttered about for years is going to turn out to be my pension fund.


    They were all published by the British Standards Institution, but there doesn’t seem to be revisions to cover the current regulations. However they are still very good boos that explain why there are the requirements.
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    The Design of Fire Detection Installations for Dwellings. A Guide to BS 5839-6 (second edition) Paperback – 1 Sept. 2004




    by Colin Todd (Author)


     

    The Design, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems. A Guide to BS 5839-1 Paperback – 1 Oct. 2008




    by Colin S Todd  (Author)

     

    The BS 9999 Handbook. Effective fire safety in the design, management and use of buildingsPaperback – 31 May 2010




    by Michael Green (Author), Jonathan Joinson (Author)



    Amazon says I bought those books in September 2012, nine years ago and I have just shown my wife what Amazon values them at, she wants to know if I’m going to sell them and if my bookcase that she has muttered about for years is going to turn out to be my pension fund.


    They were all published by the British Standards Institution, but there doesn’t seem to be revisions to cover the current regulations. However they are still very good boos that explain why there are the requirements.
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