Advice, documents & downloads

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service understands that businesses are facing challenging times and the following Fire Safety advice is designed to ensure your premises and all persons who may use it are as safe as possible from the effects of fire.

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 places a legal requirement upon Responsible Persons to ensure all relevant people on or in the vicinity of their premises are safe from fire.  These responsibilities and safety measures are designed to protect life regardless of Fire and Rescue Service intervention.

The Fire Safety Act 2021 an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which arose out of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire and relates to fire safety in buildings in England and Wales with two or more domestic residences, making changes to the Regulatory Reform Order 2005.

The act will require Responsible Persons of multi-occupied residential buildings with two or more sets of domestic premises to update their fire risk assessment to include an assessment of the building’s structure, external walls, and flat entrance doors.

Fire Safety Law

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

Fire Safety Act 2021.

Fire safety: guidance for those with legal duties

If you have identified that you are Responsible Person or someone with duties under fire safety legislation the following guides will help you to:

• understand what you need to do to comply with fire safety law;
• carry out and review a fire risk assessment; and
• identify the general fire precautions you need to put in place and maintain.

The following documents are available to download and will assist the responsible person with management of fire safety systems, fire safety training and provide an auditable record of such arrangements for the purposes of complying with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

Fire Safety Risk Assessments (published by Department for Communities and Local Government):

• Animal premises and stables
• Educational premises
• Factories and warehouses
• Healthcare premises
• Large places of assembly (holding more than 300 people)
• Means of Escape for Disabled people
• Offices and shops
• Open air events and venues
• Residential care premises
• Sleeping accommodation
• Small and medium places of assembly (holding 300 people or less)
• Theatres, cinemas and similar premises
• Transport premises and facilities

Log Book :

• It is best practice to keep a logbook up to date as it may be inspected by the Fire and Rescue Authority. You can download a template here

Resources to help with the completion of your fire risk assessment:

• A Guide to Choosing a Competent Fire Risk Assessor
• A short guide to making your premises safe from fire
• Fire Safety Risk Assessment: 5-step checklist
• Fire risk assessment – Template

Additional guidance documents to help you manage fire safety:

• Do you have paying guests?
• Event Organisers Checklist
• Fire Risk Assessment – Traders and Market Stalls
• Fire Risk Assessment – Temporary Structures
• Fire Risk Assessment – Food Concessions
• Fire Safety In Construction
• Fire Safety in Houses or Flats used For Childminding
• Fire safety in purpose – built block of flats
• Fire safety in specialised housing
• Guidance for the Reduction of False Alarms & Unwanted Fire Signals
• Guidance on fire safety provisions for certain types of existing housing (LACoRS)
• Householders Guide to Fire Sprinklers
• Mobility Scooter Guidance
• Reducing Automatic Fire Alarm Signals
• Self-Catering Holiday Accommodation Guide:
• Semi Permanent Tented Structures guidance
• Shisha Bars – Fire Safety Guidance
• Visit Wales Grading Scheme

Business continuity advice documents:

• Business Continuity Management Toolkit
• Post Fire Advice

Useful links :

• The Purple Guide to Health, Safety and Welfare at Music and Other Events