A Fire Strategy for your building or your site will enhance the overall fire safety for the building/site and support business resilience. It will also support the requirements under Regulation 38 of the Building Regulations. A Fire Strategy is an all-encompassing document designed to give an overview how fire can impact on a building therefore affecting ‘Life Safety’ and your business. A Fire Strategy is particularly important when carry out a new project, making major alterations to a building, installing new fire safety systems, change of use, whilst supporting the overall fire management practices.

The Fire Strategy will identify the compartmentalisation of the building and look at the key elements and standards required. The Fire Strategy will set out a clear framework for Fire Safety throughout a company or organisation, with the following approach:

• Assisting in the review of any fire system design criteria prior to install or build.

• Assessing the Fire Safety considerations for the premises to promote and meet Life Safety requirements.

• Assessing and recommending the Fire Compartmentation of the premises for property protection, business resilience as well as any environmental considerations, in addition to the Life Safety.

• Risk Factors for different business outputs, protection of key areas.

• Risk profiling.

• Means of Escape and Travel Distances.

• Fire Safety systems in place or required, general or specific.

• Occupancy requirements and characteristics.

• Access and Risks to Firefighters.

• Identification and location of hazardous items (classifications) or processes.

• Planned/periodic and Preventative Maintenance tasks (specific to the building)

• Residual Risks internal and external (recorded)