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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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    lyledunn:

    The fire risk assessor is generally looking at an existing building which is occupied and will assess the risk of fire taking in to account the potential ignition sources, the existing control measures and the management oversight of them. So, for example, he or she may consider travel distances to be a tad too long and may recommend upgrading the category of fire alarm to compensate. However, it is not their function to design the system.

    We are increasingly finding that our services are required at an early stage in the design process where we will produce a fire safety strategy to assist the architect in delivering a fire compliant proposal. 


    The professional title of "we" is what please?


    Z.


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    lyledunn:

    The fire risk assessor is generally looking at an existing building which is occupied and will assess the risk of fire taking in to account the potential ignition sources, the existing control measures and the management oversight of them. So, for example, he or she may consider travel distances to be a tad too long and may recommend upgrading the category of fire alarm to compensate. However, it is not their function to design the system.

    We are increasingly finding that our services are required at an early stage in the design process where we will produce a fire safety strategy to assist the architect in delivering a fire compliant proposal. 


    The professional title of "we" is what please?


    Z.


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