Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

Fire risk assessments across Pembrokeshire

Name: Fire Risk Assessments Pembrokeshire
Address: Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, SA73, GB
Telephone: 01646 839052
Price range: ££

Shops, offices, pubs, holiday lets, HMOs, caravan parks and industrial units. Written by someone who walked the building, not generated from a template.

Based in Milford Haven. Most of the county is inside forty minutes, so you are not paying for a consultant to drive down from Cardiff.

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Drive times from Milford Haven · no travel charge in the county

The one most people missed

The five‑employee exemption is gone

On 1 October 2023, section 156 of the Building Safety Act removed it in Wales. Every responsible person must now record the assessment in full, along with their fire safety arrangements, no matter how small the business.

If your last assessment was a tick sheet, or you have been relying on having fewer than five staff, you are behind. Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service audit on that basis now, and the first many businesses hear about it is when an officer walks in.

Check whether this applies to you →

What changed on 1 October 2023

Premises we assess

Holiday lets and cottages

Self‑catering, glamping, shepherd’s huts and annexes. The biggest growth area in the county and the one most often missing paperwork. More →

Landlords, HMOs and flats

Shared halls and stairs, fire doors, alarm grades and licensing. If there is a shared front door, someone is responsible for it. More →

Pubs, restaurants and hotels

Kitchens, cellars, letting rooms and seasonal staff. Sleeping risk changes everything about the assessment. More →

Shops, offices and salons

Small premises, where we find the most missing paperwork. Including flats above shops. More →

Caravan and camping parks

Statics, touring pitches, amenity blocks, clubhouses and bulk gas. Assessed as one site, not unit by unit.

Village halls, churches and clubs

Volunteer committees are the responsible person in exactly the same way a business is. More →

Converted terrace · where a landlord’s duty actually sits

Pembroke Dock, Milford Haven, Haverfordwest

Split a house into flats and you have built a different building

A single staircase now serves sleeping accommodation, and everything that opens onto it matters.

Fire doors, detection covering the escape route, and a landlord who is legally the responsible person for the common parts whether they realised it or not. Converted Victorian terraces are everywhere in this county and they are where we make most of our findings.

Landlords and HMOs →

A report you will use, not one you will file.

You get the assessment recorded in full as the law now requires, a numbered action plan ranked by priority, photographs of what we found, and a conversation about what actually matters.

If something on the list is expensive, we will tell you whether it is genuinely necessary or whether there is a cheaper route that still complies.

What you are left with · recorded, ranked and photographed

Common questions

Do I legally need a fire risk assessment?

If you are an employer, a landlord, or you control any non-domestic premises in Wales, yes. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 makes it the responsible person's duty. Since 1 October 2023 you must also record the assessment in full, whatever the size of the business.

I only have two staff. Doesn't the five-employee rule exempt me?

Not any more. That threshold was removed in Wales on 1 October 2023 by section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022. A two-person café now has to record its assessment in full, exactly like a factory.

Does a holiday let need one?

Yes. Self-catering holiday accommodation is not a private dwelling, so it falls under the Fire Safety Order. Booking agencies and insurers increasingly ask to see the assessment before they will list or cover a property.

How often should it be reviewed?

When it is no longer valid, or when there has been a significant change. As a working benchmark, most Pembrokeshire premises get reviewed annually and reassessed properly every one to three years depending on the building and its use.

How long does a visit take?

A small shop, office or holiday cottage is usually an hour to ninety minutes. A pub with letting rooms, an HMO or a caravan park takes longer. You get the written assessment within five working days.

Who enforces it?

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service. They carry out audits and can issue enforcement or prohibition notices. Fines are unlimited in the Crown Court.

Who does the assessment

Andrew Rogers, fire risk and DSEAR assessor, Vulcan Risk Management

Andrew Rogers is a qualified health and safety and fire risk professional with over 20 years’ experience working in high-risk environments, including COMAH-regulated sites and major construction projects such as Hinkley Point C. Through Vulcan Risk Management he provides independent fire risk assessments, DSEAR assessments and health and safety compliance support to businesses throughout the UK.

Andrew Rogers CertIOSH, MIFSM, SIRM. Qualifications: NVQ Level 6 Occupational Health & Safety, NEBOSH National General Certificate, NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety, Level 3 DSEAR qualification. CertIOSH, MIFSM and SIRM are held by Andrew personally, not the company.