The Fire Safety Act 2021 and the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 have significantly increased your legal obligations. We make compliance straightforward — from a single block to a portfolio of hundreds.
Updated legal obligations for social housing providers
Since January 2023, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 require responsible persons in buildings over 11m to carry out annual checks of fire-fighting equipment including dry risers, and to keep written records. Failure to comply is a criminal offence.
Recent fire safety legislation has significantly expanded what housing associations and councils are required to do. Here's what applies to your stock.
Extended the Fire Safety Order to explicitly cover the structure, external walls, and flat entrance doors of multi-occupied residential buildings. Responsible persons must now assess and maintain all fire-fighting equipment including dry risers.
From January 2023, responsible persons in buildings over 11m must carry out annual checks of fire-fighting equipment and keep records. Buildings over 18m have additional monthly and quarterly checks.
The technical standard requiring annual pressure tests and six-monthly visual inspections of all dry riser systems. A test certificate must be held on site and available to the fire authority on request.
Places a legal duty on the responsible person to ensure fire-fighting systems are maintained in efficient working order. Non-compliance can result in enforcement notices, building prohibition, or prosecution.
We work with housing associations and local authority housing teams across Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and Merseyside. Whether you have one block or a hundred, we can build a testing programme that fits your maintenance schedule and budget.
Portfolio clients with 5 or more risers receive preferential pricing. We'll quote a fixed annual rate per riser so you can budget accurately for the full financial year.
We can schedule tests to align with your planned maintenance programme, minimise resident disruption, and provide documentation in the format your compliance team requires.
Most social housing in the North West is within an hour of our Bolton base — Bolton at Home, Wigan & Leigh Housing, Trafford Housing Trust, Stockport Homes, Southway Housing. We know the area and can reach you quickly.
Tell us about your stock and we'll come back to you within one working day with a fixed-price quote. No obligation.
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