Health, Safety and Fire Risk Assessment DIY pack
If you have the confidence and knowledge to identify the fire and safety hazards and people at risk and then decide on the measures necessary to reach and maintain an adequate level of safety there is no reason why you should not carry out your own assessment. In fact, the opinion of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is that all risk assessments are best carried out by people who know their business, by people who know the way the business is run and by people who are intimate with the manufacturing processes that take place. That can only be someone (or some people) who has been employed in the workplace for some time. The difficulty comes with matching that knowledge and experience with the knowledge and experience necessary to produce a meaningful risk assessment. If you feel that you have the confidence and knowledge to carry out the task given the size and complexity of your premises then we have prepared a self assessment package for you. It comprises an electronic fire risk assessment template with an easy to use guidance document and comes complete with a Safety Log Book for you to record significant activities.