The Out Come
Over the next few posts I’ll tell you the out come of the Fire Inspectors visit to audit our Fire Risk Assessment.
If your thinking of opening a guest house or are running one, I ¬†thought I’d let you know the out come of our audit as the Fire Inspector (Late fire Officer) called it.
I say if your running or thinking of running a guest house but there’s also one other category which this now covers and that’s Mrs Smith who may live down the road taking in local business men for one or two nights a week to supplement her income, hhhmm no! Where talking lodger, guest with breakfast, some people.
The new cloak covers, (the official quote)
“All guest accommodation properties, e.g. bed and breakfasts, guest houses, inns,
restaurants with rooms, and farmhouses;”
The quote is from the government document ‘Fire Safety Risk Assessment Sleeping Accommodation’
When asking the Fire Inspector if Mrs Smith needed a Fire Risk Assessment, he quoted the above quote.
“So even though she only has two rooms to for guests will she have to have a full fire alarm system installed?” I asked.
“No, but I would at lease expect fire doors off the main means of escape and linked smoked detectors”
So there you have it Mrs Smith as long as you have fire doors off your main means of escape, (usually your staircase and hall way) and a linked smoked detection system, which doesn’t mean a total rewire of your house it just means linking from room to room so if one go’s off in any part of the house it will set the lot off.
After saying that it also say’s at the start of the Fire Safety Risk Assessment Sleeping Accommodation Guide’ and I quote,
“It applies to premises where the main use is for sleeping accommodation.”
This statement stands alone in the introduction just after the first paragraph.
Is Mrs Smith within the law?
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