Guidance

Fire safety risk assessment: 5-step checklist

Checklist to help people responsible for the simplest premises to complete a fire safety risk assessment.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 5 June 2006
• Last updated: 20 January 2025
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  1. 20 January 2025

     Updated the Fire safety risk assessment: 5-step checklist to update the section 'Record, plan and train'.

  2. 22 November 2024

     Updated the details section.

  3. 12 September 2023

     Clarified the Article 50 status of the guide and added an accessible version.

  4. 30 March 2023

     Updated the guidance with a new version.

  5. 5 June 2006

     First published.

Applies to England

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Fire safety risk assessment: 5-step checklist

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Details

This 5-step checklist is to assist responsible persons, if they feel competent and capable of doing so, in conducting a fire risk assessment in the simplest of premises types.

Before using this template, if you have not already done so, it is recommended that you read the small premises guide associated with the type of premises in which you intend to complete a fire risk assessment.