Fire safety guides
Plain-English answers about what the law asks of building owners, landlords and managing agents, how often things need checking, and what they cost.
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Do I need a fire risk assessment?
7 min read · Updated 21 October 2026
If you run a business, employ people, let property or manage the shared parts of flats, the law almost certainly requires a written fire risk assessment.
Fire risk assessment
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Emergency lighting testing: monthly and annual checks
5 min read · Updated 21 October 2026
How to test emergency lighting under BS 5266-1 and BS EN 50172: the monthly functional test, the annual duration test, records, and when to call an engineer.
Emergency lighting
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Fire alarm servicing and testing: how often?
5 min read · Updated 21 October 2026
How often a fire alarm must be tested and serviced under BS 5839, what the weekly test involves, what a service visit covers, and the records you need to keep.
Fire alarm systems
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Fire door inspections in blocks of flats: the rules
6 min read · Updated 21 October 2026
What the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 require for fire doors in blocks of flats, how often to check them, and what a fire door inspection covers.
Fire doors · Fire risk assessment
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HMO fire safety: what landlords must do
6 min read · Updated 21 October 2026
Fire safety for HMO landlords in England: risk assessments, fire alarms to BS 5839-6, fire doors, escape routes, emergency lighting and licence conditions.
Fire alarm systems · Fire doors · Fire risk assessment · Emergency lighting
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How much does a fire risk assessment cost?
6 min read · Updated 21 October 2026
Typical UK fire risk assessment prices for shops, offices, flats, care homes and hotels, what pushes the price up, and how to compare quotes like for like.
Fire risk assessment
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What is an EWS1 form?
6 min read · Updated 21 October 2026
What an EWS1 form is, when a lender asks for one, what options A, B1 and B2 mean, who can sign it, how long it lasts and how it relates to PAS 9980.
External wall assessment (FRAEW and EWS1)
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Who is the Responsible Person for fire safety?
6 min read · Updated 21 October 2026
Who counts as the Responsible Person under the Fire Safety Order, what the role involves, what changed in 2023, and how duties are shared in one building.
Fire risk assessment
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