Risk Assessment Guides for Business

These guides are designed so that a responsible person, with limited formal training or experience, should be able to carry out a fire risk assessment. If you read the guide and decide you are unable to apply the guidance then you should seek expert advice.

More complex premises will probably need to be assessed by a person who has comprehensive training or experience in fire risk assessment. However these guides will be appropriate for more complex, multi-occupied buildings to address fire safety issues in individual occupancies.

Below is a list of all the guides, each one relates to a specific type of property, structure or event that is designated under the new legislation.

Please also read the supplementary guides which provide additional guidance for specific subjects.

Offices and Shops

ISBN: 978 1 85112 815 0
Offices and retail premises (including individual units within larger premises, such as shopping centres.
http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/14881/fsra-offices-shops.pdf

Factories and Warehouses

ISBN: 978 1 85112 816 7
Factories and warehouse premises.
http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/14882/fsra-factories-warehouses.pdf

Sleeping Accomodation

ISBN: 978 1 85112 817 4
All premises where the main use is to provide sleeping accommodation, for example, hotels, guest houses, B&Bs, hostels, residential training centres, holiday accommodation and the common areas of flats, maisonettes, HMOs and sheltered housing (other than those providing care - see Residential care premises), but excluding hospitals, residential care premises, places of custody and single private dwellings.
http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/14884/fsra-sleeping-accommodation.pdf

Residential Care Premises

ISBN: 978 1 85112 818 1
Residential care and nursing homes, common areas of sheltered housing (where care is provided) and similar premises, which are permanently staffed and where the primary use is the provision of care rather than healthcare (see Healthcare premises).
http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/14885/fsra-residential-care.pdf

Educational Premises

ISBN: 978 1 85112 819 8
Teaching establishments ranging from pre-school through to universities, except the residential parts (see Sleeping accommodation).
http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/14887/fsra-educational-premises.pdf

Small and Medium Places of Assembly

ISBN: 978 1 85112 820 4
Smaller public houses, clubs, restaurants and cafés, village halls, community centres, libraries, marquees, churches and other places of worship or study accommodating up to 300 people.
http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/14888/fsra-small-medium-assembly.pdf

Large Places of Assembly

ISBN: 978 1 85112 821 1
Larger premises where more than 300 people could gather, such as shopping centres (not the individual shops), large nightclubs and pubs, exhibition and conference centres, sports stadia, marquees, museums, libraries, churches, cathedrals and other places of worship or study.
http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/14889/fsra-large-assembly.pdf

Theatre, Cinemas and Similar Premises

ISBN: 978 1 85112 822 8
Theatres, cinemas, concert halls and similar premises used primarily for this purpose.
http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/14890/fsra-theatre-cinema.pdf

Open Air Events and Venues

ISBN: 978 1 85112 823 5
Open air events, for example, theme parks, zoos, music concerts, sporting events (not stadia - see Large places of assembly), fairgrounds and county fairs.
http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/14891/fsra-open-air.pdf

Healthcare Premises

ISBN: 978 1 85112 824 2
Premises where the primary use is the provision of healthcare (including private), such as hospitals, doctors' surgeries, dentists and other similar healthcare premises.
http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/14892/fsra-healthcare.pdf

Animal Premises and Stables

ISBN: 978 1 85112 884 6
Equine and agricultural premises, or any other premise housing horses and other large animals.
http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/14895/fsra-animals.pdf

Transport Premises and Facilities

ISBN: 978 1 85112 825 9
Transportation terminals and interchanges, for example, airports, railway stations (including sub-surface), transport tunnels, ports, bus and coach stations and similar premises but excluding the means of transport (e.g. trains, buses, planes and ships).
http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/14894/fsra-transport.pdf