Rules and Guidelines
Want to participate in the discussions? Please read our Community Rules and Guidelines. Need some help? Visit Support and Answers.

  • State Not Answered
  • Locked Locked
  • Replies 60 replies
  • Subscribers 32 subscribers
  • Views 3672 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
You may also be interested in
This discussion has been locked.
You can no longer post new replies to this discussion. If you have a question you can start a new discussion

Fire Risk Assessment.

Zoomup
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.
Parents
  • 0
    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. 


    Regards,


    Alan. 




    I will get the customer to directly employ the fire risk assessor and to deal directly with him. I will just be the grunt that throws the cables in.


    Z.


Reply
  • 0
    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. 


    Regards,


    Alan. 




    I will get the customer to directly employ the fire risk assessor and to deal directly with him. I will just be the grunt that throws the cables in.


    Z.


Children
No Data

Community Rules & Guidelines