Fire safety risk assessment form
Introduction
Landlords are responsible for ensuring their property is safe to live in. One of the key considerations when making a property safe is whether a fire is likely to take place and whether or not your tenants will be able to escape in the event one occurs.
To help mitigate these risks, the NRLA has produced a fire safety risk assessment form for use in assessing your property.
Is it a legal requirement to perform a risk assessment?
If you are renting out a single dwelling to a family you are not obligated to perform a risk assessment, however it is good practice. You can perform a fire risk assessment yourself if you feel sufficiently competent/knowledgeable about fire safety. Otherwise you should hire a professional to perform the assessment for you. The best practice would be to have this done on an annual basis and before a new tenant takes up occupation.
Where your property is rented out on a per room basis then you are legally required to have a risk assessment performed under the Fire Safety Order. In these cases the NRLA advises you hire a professional to perform the assessment as the requirements are more stringent.
This document and the guidance associated with it is available exclusively to members of the NRLA.