
Comprehensive Fire Safety in Dorset , Devon and Somerset
PD Fire offers comprehensive fire safety services in Dorset, Devon and Somerset. Our experienced team can provide fire risk assessments, technical fire safety audits/risk assessments, and advice on any issues identified. Get in touch with us today for a free quote and to ensure your premises are Fire-Safe.

Fire Risk Assessments for Dorset, Devon and Somerset
PD Fire – provide cost effective fire risk assessment (FRA) audits and/or comprehensive full FRA’s. Our assessors will visit your premises to carry out a technical fire safety audit/risk assessment and provide a summary of issues identified and a list of recommendations. We can discuss, advise and help with any issues identified in the assessments. Contact us today for a free quote.
Comprehensive Fire Risk Assessments by Professional Assessors
As a business, your safety is of the utmost importance to us here at PD Fire. Our team of professional fire risk assessors can visit your premises to carry out a comprehensive technical fire safety audit/risk assessment. After the assessment is completed, you will be provided with a list of recommendations, as well as a summary of the issues identified. We can also discuss, advise and help with any problems identified in the assessments, ensuring that your business is up to date with the latest fire safety regulations. With our expertise and experience, you will have the peace of mind that your premises are compliant with fire safety standards.


Call PD Fire
PD Fire on 01305 759 084 to book your site assessment
Our assessor engineer will visit you at your premises to carry out the technical fire safety audit/risk assessment. Once completed this will be checked for compliance with the Order and you will be issued with a summary of issues identified and a list of recommendations
Once you have reviewed our accessorÂ’s recommendations in your own time, you may contact us to carry out any work required at your convenience or contact other 3rd party providers. If instructed, we will provide quotes for any work that may be required to ensure your premises comply with British Standards and/or the RRFSO2005
Based in Weymouth Dorset we cover the entire south west for Fire Risk assessments concentrating on Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Hampshire.
Who is the Responsible Person (RP) as stated in the RRFSO2005?
An employer
The owner of the building
The landlord of the building
A facilities manager, building manager, managing agent, risk assessor or anyone else with control of the premises all can be the Responsible Person (RP).
As the responsible person you must carry out and regularly review a fire risk assessment of the premises. This will identify what you need to do to prevent fire and keep people safe.

What is a ‘Relevant Person’
The RRFSO (2005) outlines that the term ‘Relevant Persons’ means:
Any person (including the responsible person) who is, or may be lawfully on the premises; and, Any person in the immediate vicinity of the premises who is at risk from a fire on the premises – this may include: staff, students, visitors or members of the public on the street adjacent to the building.
The following is taken from the RRFSO (2005) with respect to fire risk assessments
- The responsible person must make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to which relevant persons are exposed for the purpose of identifying the general fire precautions he needs to take to comply with the requirements and prohibitions imposed on him by or under this Order.
- Where a dangerous substance is or is liable to be present in or on the premises, the risk assessment must include consideration of the matters set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1.
- Any such assessment must be reviewed by the responsible person regularly so as to keep it up to date and particularly if
- there is reason to suspect that it is no longer valid; or
- there has been a significant change in the matters to which it relates including when the premises, special, technical and organisational measures, or organisation of the work undergo significant changes, extensions, or conversions,
and where changes to an assessment are required as a result of any such review, the responsible person must make them.
- The responsible person must not employ a young person unless he has, in relation to risks to young persons, made or reviewed an assessment in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (5).
- In making or reviewing the assessment, the responsible person who employs or is to employ a young person must take particular account of the matters set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1.
- As soon as practicable after the assessment is made or reviewed, the responsible person must record the information prescribed by paragraph
- Where
- He employs five or more employees;
- a licence under an enactment is in force in relation to the premises; Or
- an alterations notice requiring this is in force in relation to the premises.
- The prescribed information is :
- the significant findings of the assessment, including the measures which have been or will be taken by the responsible person pursuant to this Order; and
- any group of persons identified by the assessment as being especially at risk.
- No new work activity involving a dangerous substance may commence unless
- The risk assessment has been made; and (b)the measures required by or under this Order have been implemented