Guidelines:

• Carry out a fire RISK ASSESSMENT of your premises.
• Identify significant findings of the assessment and the details of anyone especially at risk. these must be recorded if you have more than five employees.
• Provide and maintain the precautions against fire that are necessary to safeguard those who use your workplace.
• You should nominate people to undertake specific roles as required by your emergency plan.
• Consult your employees where people may be given specific roles and about proposals for improving fire safety.
• If other employers have workplaces in the same building you must inform them of any significant risks you find which might affect their employees and co-operate with them as necessary.
• If you have control over parts of a building which contains more than one workplace, even though you are not an employee you are responsible for compliance within the areas under your control.
• You must establish suitable means for contacting the Emergency Services.

Further information and downloadable guidance documents are available at
Department for Local Communities and Government