Merseyside FRS

[PhilB]

now you are contradicting yourself again phil

No I'm not Wee Brian, read it again carefully.

[nearlythere]

Just to help cloud the issue more between Certification under Fire Service Orders and H&S W/P Regs. A certificate issued under the Fire Service Order is effectively a means of escape certificate and used to be called just that in the past. The risk to occupants from the undertaking within the building was not an issue other than maybe a reduction in travel distance where an area of special fire hazard was present. The safety of persons exposed to a particular fire risk from a process was not relevant to a Fire Cetificate. On the otherhand a FRA, in addition to means of escape, does address exposure to a specific fire risk.

[Tom Sutton]

With regards to the original question I have been in contact with MFRS and the following is there response.

We are taking both a reactive and proactive approach. Planning and Building Regs are being treated normally. Issues picked up by Ops crews during incidents are reactively dealt with. In relation to our re-inspection policy we are proactively working in this area, however, we are prioritising these inspections dealing with sleeping life risks first. Events etc are also being dealt with, proactively i.e. the likes of Mathew street festival, Grand National, Southport Air show and so on.

[jokar]

twsutton, thank you for that response.