A third party certification scheme to approve companies providing life safety fire risk assessment services has been finalised by registration body BAFE.
SP205 Life Safety Fire Risk Assessment, together with a guidance document for certification bodies, has now been lodged with UKAS. It’s thought the scheme will be formally published later in the spring when at least two certification bodies are on the way to gaining UKAS accreditation to run the scheme.
The move follows last month’s news of the publication of competency criteria for fire risk assessors by the cross-industry Fire Risk Assessment Council.
“We now have to be sure that the undoubted demand for the scheme – from both providers and end users – can be met by our partner certification bodies,” said BAFE general manager, Stephen Adams. “We realise that they are committing considerable resources to gaining their UKAS accreditation, so that providers will be able to demonstrate their capability to deliver high quality fire risk assessments.”
He added: “End users, as the responsible person, will then be able to demonstrate that they have taken all reasonable steps to have a fire risk assessment from a company that has shown its commitment to quality.”
