Fire Risk Assessment FRA

The government 'Official Statistics-Technical notes and definitions' (published 20 March 2025) defines Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) as:

"This is the Fire Risk Assessment under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005."

"The Order was amended by s1 of the 2021 Fire Safety Act to clarify the scope of the Order and includes, for buildings containing 2 or more sets of domestic premises:

• the building’s structure and external walls (including windows, balconies, cladding, insulation and fixings) and any common parts
• all doors between domestic premises and common parts such as flat entrance doors (or any other relevant door)"

"Fire Safety Act commencement prioritisation guidance confirms that if a responsible person’s Fire Risk Assessment covered requirements set out at section 1 of the Fire Safety Act at point of commencement, they did not have to review it again at that point."

"However, providers should be mindful of article 9 (3) of the Fire Safety Order to regularly review and update the fire risk assessment if there is reason to suspect it is no longer valid or if there has been a specific change to the premises or its use."

See also Risk assessment under The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) and Fire Safety Act 2021 (updated in 2023).

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