RRO vrs FPWPR

[TallyHo]

So are you saying that if the RP is servicing, maintaining and testing his Fire Alarm system as per BS 5839; you should then go on to tell him that if he doesn’t carry on doing this his system will no longer be compliant.

[Ken Taylor]

I can see with your wedged doors example, Civvy, that there is some merit in incorporating a check-list approach to FRAs (provided that it's not the only content) in as much as questions like 'Are all fire doors in good condition, unobstructed and freely operational and are self-closing doors effectively self-closing and not being wedged open?' will be seen as having addressed that particular issue within the FRA and having brought the matter to the attention of the employer.

[jokar]

Your FRA can not control the management.  Therefore the assessment is too bring to the attention of the management the issues that arise from it and for them to action the results or not as the case may be in whatever way or method they choose to utilise.  Once done it is up to the management to deliver and continue to deliver on a day to day basis to ensure that the premises are and will remain safe.  The FRA may be a one off but the management of it is not, it is a continual process.

[CivvyFSO]

I would class the wedging of fire doors as a management problem too. Another way to look at it is: The fire doors are generally protecting a dead end or a staircase, so the real risk is escape from the dead end or escape from the floor(s) above. Doors are a protective measure, the maintenence of protective measures does not come under Article 9.