Pembroke Dock has the ferry terminal, the old dockyard, Pembroke Port and a run of industrial and marine engineering units, sitting alongside a residential town centre with a lot of Victorian terraced stock converted into flats.
We are 15 minutes away, so there is no travel charge and no waiting a fortnight for a slot.
The converted terraces are the recurring issue. A three-storey house split into flats brings a shared staircase into scope, which means 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. Licensing and enforcement officers are active here and they ask to see the recorded assessment.
We work across Dimond Street, Bush Street, Meyrick Owen Way, Pembroke Port, the ferry terminal, Waterloo and the London Road estates, and out into the surrounding parishes. Population is around 9,000.
The rule that caught most people out. Since 1 October 2023 the five‑employee recording exemption no longer exists in Wales. Every responsible person in Pembroke Dock must record the fire risk assessment in full, along with their fire safety arrangements, however small the business.
Pembroke Dock was laid out as a dockyard town and the housing stock reflects it: long runs of three-storey terraces, a great many now split into flats. Splitting one creates a shared staircase serving sleeping accommodation, which is a materially different building in fire safety terms. Flat entrance doors, detection on the escape route and a landlord who is legally responsible for the common parts.
Pembroke Port and the surrounding units: welding, coatings, blasting, engineering and marine services. Hot work, solvents and compressed gases, so a fire risk assessment and a DSEAR assessment usually belong together.
Commercial premises around the Irish Ferries terminal, freight handling, storage and transport offices, plus the fuel and workshop operations that support them.
A high proportion of the housing stock is let. Licensing and enforcement officers are active here and they ask to see the recorded assessment, not a verbal assurance.
What the building is, how many floors, whether anyone sleeps there. Enough to fix a price.
A 15 minute drive. We walk the building with whoever knows it best, photographing as we go.
Recorded in full within five working days, with a numbered and prioritised action list.
An assessment covering the common parts: the entrance, the hallway, the staircase and anything opening onto them. In practice that means looking hard at the flat entrance doors, at detection covering the escape route, and at whether a fire in the ground floor flat would cut off everyone above it.
Not always, but the fire safety questions are similar. If three or more people from more than one household share a kitchen or bathroom, you are usually in HMO territory and may need a licence, which brings the assessment with it.
Usually ninety minutes to two hours on site, with the report inside five working days.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 the responsible person for any non‑domestic premises must carry out a fire risk assessment. Since 1 October 2023, section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 requires it to be recorded in full, along with your fire safety arrangements, regardless of how many people you employ. Enforcement in Pembroke Dock sits with Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
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Tell us the building and we will give you a price on the phone. Most assessments are booked within the week.