Buildings with two or more sets of domestic premises
The new Building Safety Act 2022 amends the Fire Safety Order to help residents in buildings with two or more sets of domestic premises feel safer, and ensure they know and understand the steps RPs are taking to comply with their legal duties.
What RPs currently provide to residents
Under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 RPs must provide residents of multi-occupied domestic premises (premises where evacuation would take place through common parts) with information about:
- the evacuation strategy
- how to report a fire
- what residents must do when a fire occurs.
Information about fire doors, and the display and provision of fire safety instructions are also dealt with in the Regulations.
What RPs must now provide
Additional information
The Building Safety Act requires RPs to also provide residents with the following to ensure they feel informed:
- ‘any risks to residents identified in the fire risk assessment
- the fire safety measures provided for the safety of any or all occupants (such as the means of escape, the measures to restrict the spread of fire and what people should do in the event of a fire)
- the name and UK address of the Responsible Person
- the identity of any person appointed to assist with making or reviewing the fire risk assessment
- the identity of any competent person nominated by the Responsible Person to implement firefighting measures
- any risks to relevant persons throughout the building that have been identified by other Responsible Persons in the building’
RP contact details
RPs should :
- record their name and a UK address in the Fire Risk Assessment (for the use of enforcement authorities)
- consider providing contact details that residents can use to inform them of concerns or queries about fire safety or information they have received.
Provision of instructions and information
The instructions and information should be provided together to ensure residents have all necessary information '...in one place and format'.