Fire Risk Assessment.

I remember why I ended up with a copy of the BS9999 Guide Book.


Offices being converted into flats with a huge internal window between the main staircase for the flats and the stairs of adjoining offices, I was told the last time a fire officer inspected the building he said there would always have to be a single alarm for both parts of the building because of the layout and construction despite being in separate ownership.


I did not do the fire risk assessment for the building, but I did design the standalone Part 6 systems within the seven flats and  made recommendations about the communal area and whole building alarm system being upgraded with heat detectors being installed in the protected lobby of each of the flats, nine years later the alarm system has been replaced in the offices leaving the communal areas of the flats without an alarm system at all. 


I see these things going on and politely make suggestions and advice, ultimately though it’s not my problem if someone decides to remove a separate alarm system over five years after I completed my work, but I am careful when writing up certificates to ensure I state exactly what I did do and to recommend what should be done by others.

I remember why I ended up with a copy of the BS9999 Guide Book.


Offices being converted into flats with a huge internal window between the main staircase for the flats and the stairs of adjoining offices, I was told the last time a fire officer inspected the building he said there would always have to be a single alarm for both parts of the building because of the layout and construction despite being in separate ownership.


I did not do the fire risk assessment for the building, but I did design the standalone Part 6 systems within the seven flats and  made recommendations about the communal area and whole building alarm system being upgraded with heat detectors being installed in the protected lobby of each of the flats, nine years later the alarm system has been replaced in the offices leaving the communal areas of the flats without an alarm system at all. 


I see these things going on and politely make suggestions and advice, ultimately though it’s not my problem if someone decides to remove a separate alarm system over five years after I completed my work, but I am careful when writing up certificates to ensure I state exactly what I did do and to recommend what should be done by others.