Fire Risk Assessment Residential Blocks
Why block managers and RTM companies call us first
Block-living specialists – All assessors hold IFSM or IFE Tier 2 status, PAS 79 certification, and have inspected more than 3 000 London blocks—from boutique warehouse lofts to 30-storey towers.
Minimal disruption – We time alarm or sound tests for mid-morning when most residents are at work or shift workers are still awake. No furious WhatsApp group chats.
48-hour clarity – A colour-coded PDF with photos and plan overlays lands in two days—ready for managing-agent portals, FRA registers, and insurance renewals.
One booking, three certificates – Full FRA, BS 5839 alarm inspection, and BS 5266 emergency-lighting log completed in a single visit.
Transparent pricing – Fixed fee per core, per flat, or per square metre, so budget forecasts stay clean.
Rock-solid cover – BAFE SP205 company certification, ISO 9001 quality system, and £10 million professional indemnity keep regulators and landlords confident.
Our mission is simple: make sure every neighbour sleeps easy while your compliance folder stays audit-ready.
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.
Residential-Block Fire Risk Assessment
Whole-Block Survey
We start in the meter cupboard and finish on the roof. Bike rooms, bin stores, plant decks, tenant corridors, and service risers all get logged. Anything that can ignite—e-bike chargers, tumble-dryer vents, kids’ scooters plugged into hall sockets—pairs with fuel loads like Amazon boxes piled by letterboxes. Every photo is pinned to your CAD plan so caretakers find the precise riser door hiding that damaged cable. We also time a “slow-pace” evacuation past buggy stores and resident artwork, making sure final exits stay under the 2.5-minute BS 9999 benchmark for six-storey blocks.
If your block sits above 18 m we capture a photographic sample of cladding, balcony decking, and soffit cavities. Our report flags whether a full PAS 9980 appraisal is recommended. Insurers like that proactive stance; premiums often stop climbing.
BS 5839 Alarm Inspection
We don’t stop at the panel. Detectors are pole-tested across lobbies and in bin stores, heat sensors in underground car parks get a shot of hot smoke, and call-points are popped in alternating cores so no one area wears all the beeps. Mains power is killed to prove batteries hold 24 hours plus a 30-minute alarm. In pillow-risk flats—think duplex penthouses above restaurants—we map 75 dB at head level. The fault log prints on site and every code is translated into plain English before we leave.
Emergency Lighting Testing
A three-hour discharge test exposes fittings that die at the eleven-minute mark. We take lux readings on half-landings, along dog-leg corridors, and inside bin stores where toddlers love to wander. Each luminaire gets an asset tag and is plotted on your plan so future checks are a simple scan.
We measure gaps to the millimetre, check intumescent strips for paint, confirm self-closers latch on flats 1 to 400, and test magnetic holds in lobby doors. Above the ceiling grid we trace partitions to be sure smoke can’t slither from the caretaker’s cupboard to the lift shaft through a forgotten cable slot.
Risk Evaluation & Action Plan
Everything we find pours into a Red-Amber-Green grid.
Red (7 days) covers exit routes blocked by Amazon piles or a missing detector in the buggy store.
Amber (30 days) flags dim emergency lights or flats whose front doors lost self-closers.
Green (90 days) suggests best-practice tweaks like relocating e-bike chargers to a vented cage.
Cost bands (< £250, £250–£999, £1 000+) help resident-management companies approve spend without a three-hour AGM.
Digital Compliance Pack
Paper folders vanish the week before an inspection; our cloud pack doesn’t. You get a password-protected bundle: FRA, alarm cert, lighting log, and door schedule all linked to high-resolution photos. Editable log-book templates arrive pre-filled—caretakers tick and sign instead of handwriting lines at 5 p.m. Share links keep landlords, freeholders, or the local fire authority in the loop without email ping-pong.
Industries We Serve Across London
Victorian mansion flats in Kensington
New-build towers in Canary Wharf
Converted warehouses in Shoreditch
Mixed-use schemes with shops below in Brixton
Student halls from Bloomsbury to Stratford
Right-to-Manage and resident-owned estates across the M25
Looking for a ‘residential block Fire risk assessment’?
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
Legally “regularly.” We recommend yearly or after any layout change, cladding fix, or major resident-profile shift.
No. Alarm tests happen midday; lobby walks are quick; flats are untouched unless door gaps look wrong.
You choose your contractors or ours. Photo evidence closes actions fast; we re-issue an update letter free once fixes are photographed.
Absolutely. We align FRA dates, risk grades, and action trackers across the estate so you see one dashboard.