Fire Risk Assessment Entertainment Venues
Fire Safety Compliance & Risk Assessment
Why production teams call us first
Show-biz specialists – Assessors hold IFSM / IFE Tier 2 status, PAS 79 certificates and have audited more than 2 400 London venues, from tiny comedy cellars to West End houses.
Zero stage downtime – Alarm tests run at 7 a.m. or between acts; no mic-check clashes, no disgruntled drummers.
Speedy, crystal-clear reports – Colour-coded PDF with photos and plan overlays lands in 48 hours—ideal for licence reviews, insurers and promoter riders.
All-in visit – Fire Risk Assessment, BS 5839 alarm inspection and BS 5266 emergency-lighting discharge test done in one booking.
Straight-line pricing – Fixed per square metre or tier block; no “after-midnight” surcharge for late-licence clubs.
Watertight cover – BAFE SP205 company certification, ISO 9001 quality system and £10 million professional liability keep your paperwork bullet-proof.
Our mission is simple: safeguard the crowd, protect the cast and keep the curtain rising on time.
Protect people, property and reputation.
Our London team delivers full fire risk assessments, fire alarm inspections and emergency‑lighting checks backed by BAFE SP205 and ISO 9001 accreditation.
Our 4‑Step Compliance Process
Enquire
Send floorplans or book a free video walk‑through.
Site Visit
Assessor arrives with calibrated kit—no disruption to business hours.
Digital Report
Receive your fire‑risk report and inspection certificates within 48 hours.
Ongoing Support
Free 15‑minute review call + reminders for annual renewals.
What Does Our Full Fire Risk Assessment Include?
Site Survey
We start in the foyer and work up to the lighting grid. Popcorn machines, haze units, moving lights, CO₂ cannons, battery-powered wristbands—every ignition source pairs with fuel loads like scenery flats, seat cushions and merchandising stock. Photos pinned to your CAD plan so tech managers can find the exact dimmer rack with frayed wiring. We time a simulated crowd flow at 80 per cent capacity to ensure exit speeds meet BS 9999 even when a merch line snakes past Door B.
Fire Alarm Inspection
Pole-tests hit smoke and heat detectors on stage, in orchestra pits and under balcony lips. We kill mains power to prove standby batteries last twenty-four hours plus a thirty-minute blast. Sound mapping targets 65 dB in public areas and 75 dB in crew bunk rooms—no one sleeps through a cue. Fault logs print on site and get translated from code to plain English before we leave.
Emergency Lighting Testing
A full three-hour discharge outing reveals fittings that die after ten minutes. Lux readings capture tricky aisles between tip-up seats and under-balcony choke points. Every luminaire earns an asset tag and sits on your plan so the duty electrician isn’t guessing next month.
Auditoriums love acoustic doors, but fire cares about gaps. We measure down to 3 mm, check intumescent seals for paint, and trip magnets. Above the proscenium, we trace partitions through the void so smoke can’t jump from grid to green room via a forgotten cable slot.
Pyro lines, flame bars and smoke machines get a dedicated check. We inspect fire-retardant certificates for soft goods, verify sandbag loads on fire curtains and confirm hose reels are reachable backstage when flight cases block wings. TR 19-style grease audits run on commercial-grade kitchens that serve VIP lounges.
Risk Evaluation & Action Plan
Findings land in a Red-Amber-Green grid.
Red (7 days): pyro storage missing detectors, wedge-held exit doors in the bar.
Amber (30 days): expired fire blankets, part-dead emergency lights.
Green (90 days): Move battery chargers from the corridor to the vented cage. Cost bands (< £250, £250–£999, £ 1,000+) help finance approve fixes without endless spreadsheet drama.
Digital Compliance Pack
Paper folders vanish; cloud folders don’t. You receive a password-protected bundle: FRA, alarm cert, lighting log and rigging audit, each linked to hi-res photos. Editable log books arrive pre-filled; share links keep landlords, insurers or licensing officers happy without email ping-pong. Version history shows every update, proving due diligence if a claim ever lands.
Industries We Serve Across London
West End theatres from Shaftesbury Avenue to the Strand
Stand-up comedy cellars in Soho
Independent cinemas in Hackney and Dulwich
Arenas in Greenwich and Wembley
Late-night clubs and live-music halls in Brixton
Immersive pop-up experiences in Shoreditch warehouses
Whether your space hosts 50 people or 15 000, our method scales.
Looking for a ‘Fire risk assessment for your entertainment venue’?
We operate across all 33 boroughs, including:
City of London, Westminster, Camden, Islington, Southwark, Lambeth, Kensington & Chelsea, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Greenwich and beyond – including Kent, Essex and Surrey.
Fire Risk Assessment London – FAQs
Yearly, plus after refit, new set-ups or capacity changes.
No. We plan noise tests early morning or between sound checks, and whisper through dressing-room corridors.
Fixes can be handled by your contractors or ours. Photo evidence closes actions fast.
Yes—our approved contractors can complete fire‑stopping, alarm upgrades and emergency‑lighting installations.