[Cash-outreach-engagement-circle] Fire risk assessment

[Herta Gatter]

Hi Cecile,

Thanks for getting in touch.

I have asked someone about this at Sanford Housing Co-operative and Nettleton Housing Co-operative and they both suggested you should definitely do it even if legally it is a grey area. As I mentioned previously even if you live as a family, in legal terms you are very likely to be classed as  HMO, but in any case it’s good to be safe.

There is a Fire Risk Prioritisation Webtool you might find useful: https://bpt.homeoffice.gov.uk/home

Once you had the fire risk assessment done, you can have conversation about what is applicable / reasonable for your property (e.g. fire doors and fire alarms are very important, but for example you might still hang up coats in the corridor even if strictly not recommended…).

I have also asked our housing officer, if she comes back with any other useful resources I will forward them to you!

Hope this helps,

Herta

Outreach and Engagement Circle
Community Assets for Society and Housing




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> Subject:	Fire risk assessment
> Date:	Mon, 15 May 2023 20:22:54 +0000
> From:	The Drive Enquiries <enquiries at thedrive.coop> <mailto:enquiries at thedrive.coop>
> To:	contact at ldn.cash <mailto:contact at ldn.cash> <contact at ldn.cash> <mailto:contact at ldn.cash>
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> Hi there, 
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> We need to look further into fire risk assessment at the drive and we were wondering if you would know whether we need to have a written fire risk assessment as per the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
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> We have operated up to now as domestic premises and don't have a risk assessment, however our fire alarm needs work and the fire safety maintenance company is asking for a fire risk assessment. 
> Before calling the fire brigade in we want to be clear about how this applies to us: legally we are an HMO but this is a domestic         premise, so we don't need to have one. 
> Do you know of anyone who may be able to advise us on this? 
> Many thanks
> Cecile
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