Fire Risk Assessment
The systematic evaluation of fire hazards, affected persons, and precaution adequacy that underpins every other fire protection decision.
What’s included
- Occupancy type, density, and fire load assessment.
- Means of escape evaluation and adequacy review.
- Detection and suppression precaution adequacy assessment.
- Prioritised findings and recommendations report.
- Statutory compliance risk identification.
- Ongoing safety management framework and monitoring guidance.
Fire risk assessment is the starting point for almost every other piece of fire protection work — a structured, systematic evaluation of the fire hazards present in a building or proposed development, the people who could be affected by them, and the adequacy of existing or proposed precautions to manage that risk. We assess factors including the building's occupancy type and density, the fire load presented by its contents and construction materials, means of escape, and existing or proposed detection and suppression measures, and translate that assessment into a clear, prioritised set of findings and recommendations.
For existing buildings, this work often forms part of statutory compliance obligations and ongoing safety management; for new developments, it establishes the risk baseline that the entire fire strategy and system design will be built around. Either way, a fire risk assessment is only useful if it is honest and specific — generic, boilerplate assessments that don't genuinely engage with a building's actual risk profile do a disservice to the people relying on them, which is why we treat this as a detailed technical exercise rather than a formality.
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