Fire safety consultancy · UK wide
Fire safety, assessed by the people who used to enforce it.
Fire risk assessments, independent audits and training from former fire and rescue service fire safety inspectors, with assessors drawn from ex-fire service personnel across the UK.
Inspectors by tradeWe have regulated the Fire Safety Order, not just worked under it
60+ years in the fire serviceAcross our directors and senior team
Current standardsBS 9792:2025 for housing, PAS 79-1 for other premises
Complex premisesCare, supported housing, hospitals, high-rise, heritage
What we do
Assessment, audit and training from one team
Whether you manage five buildings or five hundred, you get a suitable and sufficient assessment, a clear action plan, and people who will explain it to your staff and residents.
Fire risk assessments
Communal areas, supported housing, care and workplaces, to BS 9792:2025 and PAS 79-1.
Read moreFRA review and audit
Independent checking of existing assessments by people who audited assessors as regulators.
Read moreFire safety training
Fire warden, evacuation and PEEP training for staff and carers; fire safety sessions for residents.
Read morePortfolio programmes
Risk-led programmes delivered to renewal dates and reported through your compliance system.
Read moreCompliance support
Policy, testing and records, evacuation strategy, resident information and remedial tracking.
Read moreHigh-rise and building safety
Fire Safety Act, Fire Safety (England) Regulations and Building Safety Act duties for taller buildings.
Read moreWhy A1
We know what a poor assessment looks like. Finding them was our job.
Most assessors learn fire safety from a course. Our directors learned it on the fireground, then spent years enforcing it as fire safety inspectors.
Regulators, not just assessors
Years auditing premises and other assessors' work under the Fire Safety Order. We assess to the standard we once enforced.
Consequences, not paperwork
Operational firefighting shows you what happens after prevention fails. Our action plans push for fixes that stick.
Current on post-Grenfell law
Fire Safety Act 2021, Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, Building Safety Act 2022 and BS 9792:2025, applied every day.
Good and bad
Can you rely on the assessment you already have?
Poor fire risk assessments fail in predictable ways. Three of the most common, and what a suitable and sufficient report does instead.
| Area | Poor | Suitable and sufficient |
|---|---|---|
| Findings | "Fire doors require attention." | Which door, what is wrong with it, why it matters, what to do and by when. |
| Scope | "Communal areas" with nothing on what was sampled or excluded. | Assessment type, sample sizes and areas not accessed stated up front. |
| Review | "Review in 12 months" by default. | Review date set by risk, with the triggers for an earlier review. |
“We have served enforcement and prohibition notices and prepared prosecutions. We know exactly what a poor assessment looks like.”
The A1 directorsChecked twice, every time
Every report is reviewed by a second assessor with equal or higher qualifications before it reaches you.
Audit an existing assessmentSectors
Where the standard matters most
Our directors have audited some of the most demanding premises in the country. That experience is available to any responsible person who wants a proper assessment.
Talk to an inspector, not a sales desk
Tell us about your buildings and we will come back with a straight answer on scope, timescale and an all-in price per assessment.