Pembroke is built around the castle and Main Street, which means a lot of listed and historic fabric in commercial use. Guesthouses, tea rooms, independent shops and holiday accommodation occupy buildings that were never designed with escape routes in mind.
We are 20 minutes away, so there is no travel charge and no waiting a fortnight for a slot.
Historic buildings are the interesting work. You cannot simply bolt in a modern solution, and heavy-handed recommendations get refused by conservation officers and ignored by owners. The assessment has to find what genuinely reduces risk in a building with a single winding staircase and thick stone walls, rather than copying out a checklist written for a 1990s office block.
We work across Main Street, Westgate Hill, the Commons, Monkton, Golden Hill and the approaches to the castle, and out into the surrounding parishes. Population is around 7,500.
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 must record the fire risk assessment in full, along with their fire safety arrangements, however small the business.
Main Street is a long run of listed and locally listed property in commercial use. You cannot bolt a modern solution into a building like that: heavy-handed recommendations get refused by conservation officers and then ignored by everyone. The job is to find what genuinely reduces risk in a building with one winding staircase and thick stone walls.
Sleeping risk in historic fabric, often with a single staircase and rooms in a converted attic. Detection grade and escape from the top floor are the two things that decide the outcome.
Cooking in old buildings with limited separation, often with accommodation above, and cellars used for storage that were never intended as escape routes.
Increasingly common along Main Street and around the castle. Letting agencies now ask for the assessment before they will list a property.
What the building is, how many floors, whether anyone sleeps there. Enough to fix a price.
A 20 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.
Yes, and more than owners expect. Detection, self-closing devices, upgrading existing doors rather than replacing them, and improved management arrangements all work in listed fabric. We write recommendations a conservation officer will actually approve, because a refused recommendation protects nobody.
Almost certainly some form of automatic detection, because people are asleep. The grade and coverage depend on storeys, layout and whether the escape route is protected. The assessment sets out what your building needs rather than quoting a standard at you.
Yes. Fifteen minutes from Milford Haven over the Cleddau Bridge, and no travel charge anywhere in the county.
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 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.