Who is the Responsible Person?
In a workplace this is generally the employer where the workplace is under their control. In other premises it can be the person in control in connection with a business or undertaking, or the owner where appropriate.
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The Fire Safety Order places duties on the Responsible Person to take appropriate general fire precautions and carry out a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment.
UNDERSTAND YOUR DUTIES ↓WHY FIRE DOORS MATTER
Fire-resisting doors help protect escape routes and limit the spread of fire and smoke. Their performance depends on the complete doorset: leaf, frame, gaps, seals, glazing, hinges, closer, latch, ironmongery, installation and ongoing condition.
Inspection should therefore look at the doorset as a system, identify defects and establish an appropriate route to remediation, maintenance or replacement.
THE RRFSO EXPLAINED
In a workplace this is generally the employer where the workplace is under their control. In other premises it can be the person in control in connection with a business or undertaking, or the owner where appropriate.
The Responsible Person must take general fire precautions to protect employees and other relevant persons, so far as the Order requires.
A suitable and sufficient assessment of fire risks must identify the general fire precautions required. The assessment must be kept under review and updated when necessary.
Appropriate arrangements are required for the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of preventive and protective measures.
Where fire precautions are provided for the safety of relevant persons, they must be subject to a suitable system of maintenance and maintained in an efficient state, efficient working order and good repair.
The Responsible Person must appoint competent persons as necessary to assist with undertaking preventive and protective measures, subject to the detailed requirements of the Order.
This page is general information, not legal advice or a substitute for a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment. Duties depend on the premises, its use and the extent of each duty holder's control.
RESPONSIBLE PERSON
The Fire Safety Order is not a one-off inspection exercise. Fire precautions need to be planned, monitored, maintained and reviewed.
THE LAW HAS EVOLVED
For multi-occupied residential buildings, the Act clarified that the Fire Safety Order applies to the building's structure and external walls and to flat entrance doors between domestic premises and common parts. These matters must be considered within the fire risk assessment.
Changes made through section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 strengthened duties on Responsible Persons. From 1 October 2023, requirements include recording the fire risk assessment in full, recording fire-safety arrangements, and additional cooperation and information-sharing duties. Where someone is appointed to assist with making or reviewing the fire risk assessment, that person must be competent.
ENGLAND • REGULATION 10
Additional fire-door duties apply to certain multi-occupied residential buildings in England.
Where the building contains two or more sets of domestic premises and is above 11 metres, fire doors in communal areas must be checked at least every three months, including operation of self-closing devices.
For the same buildings, the Responsible Person must use best endeavours to check flat entrance fire doors at least every 12 months, including self-closing devices, and keep records of the steps taken to gain access.
In multi-occupied residential buildings within Regulation 10's scope, residents must receive prescribed information about the importance and safe use of fire doors.
HOW KYLE PARK LTD CAN HELP
Structured inspection of doorsets with defects, observations and recommended actions recorded.
Adjustment and appropriate repair of defective doorsets where a compliant repair route is available.
Replacement and new fire-door installation with attention to the complete doorset and supporting evidence.
Repeat inspection and maintenance programmes designed to help clients keep fire doors in serviceable condition.
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