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Fire safety risk assessment: factories and warehouses

Guidance about completing a fire safety risk assessment for people responsible for factories and warehouses.

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Fire safety risk assessment: factories and warehouses

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This guide gives advice about completing a fire safety risk assessment for all employers, managers, occupiers and owners of premises where the main use of the building (or part of the building) is a factory or warehouse including:

  • large and small factories
  • manufacturing warehouses
  • storage warehouses
  • factories with warehouses

This guide has been published by the Secretary of State under Article 50 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) to assist responsible persons in meeting their duties under the FSO.

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Updates to this page

Published 5 June 2006
Last updated 12 September 2023 Show all updates
  1. Webpage updated to summarise the legislative status of the guidance.

  2. First published.

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