FIRE RISK ASSESSORS CERTIFICATION SCHEME (FRACS)
OVERVIEW UK fire safety legislation requires that all buildings used in commercial or similar type activities, but not those that are solely domestic, are required to carry out a fire risk assessment for the purpose of life safety protection and keep the fire risk assessment up to date. It is the responsibility of a designated ‘responsible person or duty holder’ to ensure that a fire risk assessment has been completed and that it is suitable and sufficient for the purpose of protecting the life safety of those relevant persons in or around the building. Normally the responsible person/duty holder will not be an expert in fire safety, and he/she will then have to appoint a ‘competent person’ to undertake this assessment. How then does the responsible person/duty holder assess the competence of a fire risk assessment consultant? FRACS has been designed to provide a ‘technical reference’ for the risk assessor; using the international standard for bodies operating certification of persons. FRACS provides a standardised and nationally recognized certificate of competence. Fire risk assessors who have completed the comprehensive technical evaluation successfully and achieved certification through this independent accredited third party certification scheme are considered ‘competent’ to produce risk assessments that are ‘suitable and sufficient’ for the purposes of the relevant UK fire safety legislation. FRACS certified fire risk assessors are all placed on Warrington Certification’s register of competent fire risk assessors; a valuable reference for the ‘responsible person/duty holder’, who needs to commission a fire risk assessment.
Therefore, using a FRACS certificated assessor provides a powerful demonstration that a responsible person/duty holder has exercised all due diligence in the selection and appointment of a competent fire risk assessor. ABOUT WARRINGTONFIRE Warringtonfire, part of the Element Group, specializes in providing a comprehensive range of independent fire testing, assessment, engineering and certification services to international markets from a network of accredited sites across the globe including Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. We exist to help our customers to make certain that the materials, products and systems that they make are safe, quality, compliant and ultimately fit for purpose, leveraging our 40 years of testing experience and our global testing capabilities.
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