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Fire Risk Assessment.

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Good morning all,


 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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    Alan Capon:
    Zoomup:

    This subject is just too complicated for me. I will delegate all responsibility for design to A.N. Other-Specialist. I will just concern myself with the actual installation.


    If you are accepting responsibility for the FIre Risk Assessment and delegating it, you need to be clear where the liability lies - yours or your subcontractors. The PI insurance required for a FRA is significant, and normally not covered by a standard policy. You may even find it is excluded by the small print in your existing policy. 




    I think that we have discussed this not long ago.


    I would happily install a circuit for mains powered alarms, and issue an EIC, but I would not certify a fire detection and alarm system. I think that they are too very different matters.


    It really does not seem very different from a householder screwing some brackets into the ceilings and attaching battery-powered alarms.


    I think that Zoomup has the delegation the wrong way round. The fire risk assessor is delegating the installation of the wiring to the electrician.


    Perhaps that is all beside the point. What certification is required for an ordinary domestic system?


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    Alan Capon:
    Zoomup:

    This subject is just too complicated for me. I will delegate all responsibility for design to A.N. Other-Specialist. I will just concern myself with the actual installation.


    If you are accepting responsibility for the FIre Risk Assessment and delegating it, you need to be clear where the liability lies - yours or your subcontractors. The PI insurance required for a FRA is significant, and normally not covered by a standard policy. You may even find it is excluded by the small print in your existing policy. 




    I think that we have discussed this not long ago.


    I would happily install a circuit for mains powered alarms, and issue an EIC, but I would not certify a fire detection and alarm system. I think that they are too very different matters.


    It really does not seem very different from a householder screwing some brackets into the ceilings and attaching battery-powered alarms.


    I think that Zoomup has the delegation the wrong way round. The fire risk assessor is delegating the installation of the wiring to the electrician.


    Perhaps that is all beside the point. What certification is required for an ordinary domestic system?


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