My query concerns a large, rambling members club in a city centre. In all innocence the secretary, thinking it was a statutory requirement, had a new FRA carried out every year from 2010. Apart from two, they were all conducted by different organisations. I now look after compliance issues for the premises, including fire safety. I am happy to report that there were no significant differences between the assessments apart from the findings of one assessor who had been recommended by the fire alarm company. He recommended that the existing manual system was upgraded to L2 and placed a high priority on the issue. Cost was substantial at almost 10K so the club parked it. However, all other recommendations on this and subsequent assessments have been carried out. No other assessment pointed to the need to upgrade and it would appear that the existing manual system is compliant with the requirements of the current guidance for the type of premises.
I am not challenging the recommendation for the upgrade, likely it would be beneficial. However, the assessor did set out justification for his determination. All of it sound but very subjective.
Now that subsequent assessments have been conducted making no similar recommendations, where does this particular assessment rest in terms of currency and validity?