Fire risk assessments for Cardiff buildings
Cardiff's growth in city-centre apartments and student towers means Welsh landlord rules and the new Welsh regime for higher-risk buildings both apply to many of our clients here.
If you are the Responsible Person for a non-domestic building, or the common parts of a block of flats, the law requires a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment. Since the Fire Safety Act 2021, assessments for blocks of flats in England and Wales must also consider the external walls and the flat entrance doors.
Our assessments follow PAS 79-1 for non-domestic premises and PAS 79-2 for housing. We look at the building, its occupants, the ways a fire could start and spread, and the measures in place to warn people and help them escape. You receive a clear action plan with each item ranked by priority.
The rules that apply in Cardiff
In Wales, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to non-domestic premises and the common parts of residential buildings, as amended for Wales by the Fire Safety Act 2021. The Welsh Government is reforming building safety separately from England, so duties for taller residential buildings in Wales follow Welsh legislation and guidance rather than the English higher-risk building regime.
What is included
- Site inspection and occupant risk review
- Means of escape, compartmentation and detection review
- External wall and flat entrance door considerations
- Prioritised, costed action plan
- Review dates and re-assessment reminders
Buildings we work on in Cardiff
- Blocks of flats
- Offices and shops
- HMOs
- Care settings
- Industrial units
- Places of worship
Areas we cover from Cardiff
From Cardiff we also cover Barry (7 miles), Newport (11 miles), Pontypridd (11 miles), Bridgend (17 miles) and Merthyr Tydfil (20 miles). Elsewhere in South Glamorgan we work in Barry. If your building is not in a listed town, we still cover it: every enquiry for fire risk assessments in Wales is handled the same way.