FIRE SAFETY CONSULTANCY.

FIRE SAFETY AUDIT – FIRE STRATEGIES – CONSTRUCTION ADVICE – FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT – COMPLIANCE REGULATORS

FIRE SAFETY AUDITS

Fire safety audits are not required for every premise, however, they can help you determine how effective your current safety procedures are and highlight any potential hazards you may not have noticed on your own.

Note: A Fire Safety Audit is not a Fire Risk Assessment, and insurers may not accept this, ask one of our team to ensure that you receive the right service.

A Fire Safety Audit serves 3 main purposes:

Determine
if an organisation complies with
fire regulations

Identify weaknesses and outline corrective actions

Report
on where
your premises
is
compliant

FIRE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT

A Fire Strategy is a complex document specifically tailored to a building, reviewing all aspects of the building’s fire safety features including construction, compartmentation strategy, means of escape, and other fire safety measures – including management arrangements in place to ensure it is fit for use for the end user. 

Approved documents are used as guidance for achieving the requirements of the Building Regulations for new residential and commercial buildings. 

These Fire Strategies serve 3 key purposes:

Provide relevant
information on existing measures

Assist the RP
by documenting the
fire strategy

Detail compliance of building and any proposed works

A Fire Strategy document is developped and presented in a manner that is most suitable to achieve the above aims. 

– How is the existing building and any proposed works intended to be used?
– What active fire safety systems provide early warning & protection from fire? 
– What are the means of escape and are they adequate?
– How would fire spread (internally and externally) and is the building structure protected?
– Can the States of Jersey Fire & Rescue access the premises effectively?
– How is fire safety managed? 

PRE OR POST CONSTRUCTION ADVICE

Pre-construction consultancy incorporates working with a design team (Architect, Designer, Main Contractor, or Developer) to ensure compliance for Building Application/Approval. 

Post-construction consultancy normally involves ‘stress-testing’ an approved design or completed development to ensure compliance with the relevant Building Bye-Laws or Codes of Practice. 

Direct liason with designor construction team

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Ensure compliance with Codes of Practice

Compliance with the Building
Bye-Laws

Stress test approved designs to find faults

Advice & guidance that you can trust

FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT

Ignis Safety Consultants can provide you, as the manager or responsible person of a premises with fire safety management support in the form of: 

Fire prevention and good housekeeping standards

Producing an emergency plan for your organisation

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Being aware of fire safety features that are provided to you

Knowing about any risks that are on your premises

Knowing your responsibilites towards disabled occupants

Having power to deal with person ignoring fire safety systems

Checking adequacy & maintenance of fire equipment 

Ensuring fire escape routes and doors are kept safe

Ensuring fire detection and protection systems are maintained

Keeping staff informed and trained in fire safety measures

COMPLIANCE REGULATORS

Ignis Safety Consultants can provide you assurance of compliance in the following areas:

  • The Building Bye-Laws (Jersey) 2007 Technical Guidance Document, Part 2: Fire Safety
  • BS 9999:2017 Fire Safety in the design, management and use of buildings
  • BS 9991:2015 Fire Safety in the design, management and use of residential buildings
  • BS 7974:2019 Application of fire safety engineering principles to the design of buildings
  • The Fire Precautions (Jersey) Law 1977
  • Fire Precautions (Designated Premises) (Jersey) Regulations 2012
  • The Health & Safety at Work (Jersey) Law 1989
  • The Fire Services (Guernsey) Law 1989
  • The Health and Safety at Work (Guernsey) Law 1979
  • The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 & Revised Editions
  • BS 476-22:1987 Fire Tests on building materials and structures
  • BS 5266-1:2016 Emergency Lighting
  • BS 5306:2023 Fire Extinguishing Installations and equipment on premises
  • BS 5499-4:2013 / BS 5499-10:2014+A1:2023 Fire Safety Signage
  • BS 5839-6+A1:2020 Fire Detection and alarm systems for private dwellings
  • BS 5839-1:2017 Fire Detection and alarm systems for non-domestic premises
  • BS 8214:2016 Timber-based fire door assemblies
  • BS 9251:2014 & BS EN 12845:2004 Fire Sprinkler systems
  • PAS 79-1 & Fire Risk Assessment
  • PAS 911:2007 Fire Strategies
  • PAS 9980:2022 Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls and Cladding of Flats
  • Health Technical Memorandums: Firecode
  • BB100 Designing and managing against the risk of fire in schools
  • Joint Code of Practice: Fire Prevention on construction sites