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 Neyland. Most of the county is inside forty minutes, so you are not paying for a consultant to drive down from Cardiff.
The five-employee exemption is gone. Since 1 October 2023, section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 removed it in Wales. Every responsible person must now record the fire risk 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.
Written in full, as the law now requires. Hazards, people at risk, existing precautions, and what is left to deal with.
Ranked by priority with realistic timescales. You will know what to fix this week and what can wait for the winter.
Of what we found, so the report makes sense to a manager who was not there and to an inspector two years later.
We go through it with you. If something on the list is expensive, we will say whether it is genuinely necessary or whether there is a cheaper route that still complies.
Self-catering, glamping, shepherd's huts and annexes. The biggest growth area in the county and the one most often missing paperwork.
Especially with letting rooms or staff accommodation above. Sleeping risk changes everything about the assessment.
Including flats above shops, which is where responsibility gets muddled between owner and tenant.
Common parts, escape routes, fire doors and detection. Licensing officers ask for these.
Static units, touring pitches, amenity blocks, clubhouses and gas storage.
Withybush, Honeyborough, Thornton and the smaller estates. Where a fire assessment often needs a DSEAR assessment alongside it.
Based in Neyland, covering the whole county. Pick your town for local detail:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tell us the building and we will give you a price on the phone. Most assessments are booked within the week.