Fire Safety for Hotels and The Hospitality Industry

What is a fire safety risk assessment?

A Fire Risk Assessment is a thorough review of your premises and the people who are likely to use them, including the elderly, very young children and disabled people. It considers the risk of fire breaking out and what measures you need to put in place to prevent it and keep people safe. All hotels, guest houses, B&B, and self catering properties, whatever the size, must complete a fire risk assessment.

The risk assessment should identify fire hazards and rate them in terms of risk -high, moderate and low.  For example, a hotel kitchen would be considered a high-risk area. At-risk persons should also be identified, such as the occupants of family rooms, or disabled members of staff.

For each risk you identify, a plan should be put in place to eliminate (if possible), reduce and protect people from that risk.

There are 5 Key Steps for a Fire Safety Risk Assessment.

• Identify the fire hazards
• Identify people at risk
• Evaluate, remove or reduce the risks
• Record your findings, prepare an emergency plan and provide training
• Review and update the fire risk assessment regularly

You could be fined or go to prison if you do not follow fire safety regulations

As this article details if you provide accommodation for paying guests you must ensure that your Fire Risk assessment is comprehensive and that all fire safety procedures are followed and the consequences of getting it wrong can be serious. As an owner of a hotel, guest house or B&B, you will already be busy with guest and need expert advice. If you do not have the expertise or time to do the fire risk assessment yourself you need to appoint a ‘competent person’ to help, for example a professional risk assessor. That’s where Fire Queen can help, we provide a full range of Fire Safety services including Fire Risk Assessments, Fire Training, Fire Extinguisher Servicing & Fire Alarm Maintenance, Stockport, Manchester, The North West, and UK wide

Fire Queen Limited is a leading provider of Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Extinguisher Servicing for Hotels, Guest Houses, Self Catering Accommodation.