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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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    Timeserved:

    Maybe I'm not being clear hear basically split the cost of the job with the fire engineer, what you gain in return will be invaluable going forward, however if something doesn't sit right with you do your research and again challenge him!  I know I have a couple of times, sometimes I've been wrong other times the other sparks has had a rethink and tends to agree. 

    Regards Ts


    Update. The customer's expert attended yesterday when I was not there. He said exactly what I had said about types of alarms and locations according to the house owner. Basically every room will have an alarm, either smoke or heat and CO where fuel burning appliances are sited.


    I watched the whole of the video quoted above.....see, I am keen to learn.


    Z.


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    Timeserved:

    Maybe I'm not being clear hear basically split the cost of the job with the fire engineer, what you gain in return will be invaluable going forward, however if something doesn't sit right with you do your research and again challenge him!  I know I have a couple of times, sometimes I've been wrong other times the other sparks has had a rethink and tends to agree. 

    Regards Ts


    Update. The customer's expert attended yesterday when I was not there. He said exactly what I had said about types of alarms and locations according to the house owner. Basically every room will have an alarm, either smoke or heat and CO where fuel burning appliances are sited.


    I watched the whole of the video quoted above.....see, I am keen to learn.


    Z.


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