The Management of Fire Safety
Key Points

• The appointment of the Responsible Person (Fire Safety).*
• Ensure a fire risk assessment is carried out by a competent person and all requirements are suitably recorded and actions reviewed.  See the Fire Risk Assessment Management Process for more details.
• Take such general fire precautions as will ensure as far as reasonably practicable the safety of any employees.
• In relation to persons who are not employees, take such general fire precautions as may reasonably be required in the circumstances of the case to ensure that the premises are safe.
• For permanent workplaces the Responsible Person should prepare and maintain a Building Fire Manual

* In relation to a workplace, the employer, the person who has control of the workplace or the owner/landlord, where the person in control does not have full control of the workplace.