[Is it not a requirement in the 2005 Order that existing fire safety measures have to be identified and included in the assessment? And something a bit more that a "yes" tick. I feel I have to blame the tick sheet culture for the decline in standards and certainly yes, this is reflected in the price. Is it not also the case that some of those providing fire risk assessment courses are at the heart of the problem by churning out insta fire safety experts in a matter of a few days? I do know of people whose current businesses are not doing so well have mentioned going an a short course and getting into fire risk assessments. So much for the drive for accreditation.
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If the powers that be ammend the legislation to include a paragraph on tick boxes NOT being acceptable, and to support the fact, any information leaflets or guidance notes state the same, then those commissioning risk assessors will know to expect better. If the legislation stated clearly that a risk assessment MUST detail the whats, the whys and the hows, then many of these cowboys would soon become unstuck, and it would be far easier to hold them accountable.
As always these are just my personal thoughts and not those of my employer.