Fire Risk Assessment Hertfordshire
Why Hertfordshire clients choose our county team
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Herts focused Assessors live in the county so rush hour on the A414 never makes us late and local fire station advice is up to date.
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Certified expertise Every surveyor holds Level 4 Fire Safety Diplomas plus PAS 79 and BS 5839 qualifications that insurers recognise.
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Two day turnaround A colour coded PDF with photographs and floor overlays lands in your inbox within forty eight hours so action starts quickly.
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All in one visit Full Fire Risk Assessment, alarm test to BS 5839, emergency lighting discharge to BS 5266, and fire door checks are done together.
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Clear pricing Fees are fixed per floor or per square metre and travel within Hertfordshire is baked in. No hidden call out costs.
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Ten million cover Public liability and professional indemnity insurance remove doubt for landlords, councils, and large facility managers.
This list looks formal yet each point comes from daily practice. We turn up in marked vans, greet reception teams by name, and answer late night questions after you have read the report.
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.
The four step Hertfordshire fire safety plan
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 Fire Risk Assessment Hertfordshire include
Full site walk through
We start in the car park if that is where bins sit and finish on the roof if plant rooms hum above. Offices in Watford Gateway House differ from timber framed farm shops near Tring so we adapt checklists to real risks. Ignition points like overloaded extension leads, kitchen fryers, lithium battery lockers, or welding gear in a workshop get logged with photos. Fuel loads such as stock pallets, soft seating, paper archives, or hay bales receive equal weight. Escape routes are timed at a calm walking speed to check that final exits clear within safe limits.
Alarm inspection to BS 5839
Many providers push the test button then walk away. We pole test detectors across lobbies, simulate a mains failure to prove standby battery life, and map sound levels to sixty five decibels in open areas and seventy five in sleeping spaces. The fault log prints on site and every code is explained before we leave.
Emergency Lighting Testing
A three hour discharge exposes fittings that fade after ten minutes. Lux readings capture shadowed corners on staircases in Hemel Hempstead apartments and under mezzanine storage in Royston warehouses. Each luminaire is tagged so caretakers know exactly what to test next month.
Door gaps need to stay under three millimetres. Intumescent seals must remain unpainted. Self closers must latch. We inspect every communal door in Stevenage blocks and sample ten percent of flat front doors unless higher risk needs more. Above the ceiling grid we trace partitions to ensure smoke cannot travel unseen from one zone to the next.
Risk grading and action list
All findings drop into a colour grid.
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Red (fix within seven days) for missing detectors over a deep fat fryer or blocked exits behind stock cages.
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Amber (thirty days) for expired fire blankets or faded exit signs.
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Green (ninety days) for best practice moves like relocating battery chargers to vented cages.
Cost bands appear as under two hundred fifty pounds, two fifty to nine ninety nine, and one thousand plus. Finance teams approve faster when numbers are clear.
Digital Compliance Pack
Paper folders disappear at the worst moment. Our cloud bundle stores the FRA, alarm certificate, lighting log, and door schedule with each defect linked to photos. Editable log templates arrive filled so your team only ticks boxes each month. Share links keep landlords, insurers, and fire officers in the loop without email chains.
Industries We Serve Across Hertfordshire
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Sectors we protect across Hertfordshire
Office parks in Watford Junction and St Albans City Centre
Industrial units in Welwyn Garden City and Hemel Hempstead
Retail stores in The Galleria Hatfield and Atria Watford
Schools and sixth form colleges from Bishops Stortford to Rickmansworth
Residential blocks in Potters Bar, Hitchin, and Stevenage new town
Heritage barns converted to event spaces near Harpenden
Each site type brings different challenges but the assessment frame stays consistent.
Frequently Asked Questions
The law says regularly. We advise annually or sooner if the building layout or occupancy changes.
No. Noisy alarm tests are booked outside customer times and quiet checks happen while business continues.
You can use your own contractor or ask us for a remedial quote. Photo evidence closes actions fast.
Certainly. We align review dates and action trackers across every building then feed the data into one dashboard.