Fire Safety Primary Authority What does it mean to Charities? Dave Baxter

Greater Manchester Fire Service Second Largest in England & Wales 1300 Operational Staff 60 Fire Protection Inspectors All uniformed Inspectors will be Level 4 qualified Dedicated Fire Engineering team Chair the CFOA Fire Engineering & Technical Standards committee (including risk from fire)

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order Applies to ALL premises, 3rd Sector included in fire legislation for the first time FP Act (Fire Certificates) Workplace Regulations Fire Risk Assessment by the Responsible Person

Shops a risk?

What can PA do to help? We will develop a ‘model’ Fire Safety Policy for charities to adopt FRA templates Example annual training package Guidance on fire extinguisher training Specific advice on request Liaise with local Fire Services

How does it work? Charity 1 Charity 2 Primary Authority CRA Charity 3 Nominated partnerships Charity 2 Shared approach to compliance Primary Authority CRA Charity 3 1st click – if this relationship involves the co-ordinator providing advice or specifying compliance controls then the businesses can be said to ‘share an approach to compliance’ 2nd click – the co-ordinator can develop a relationship with a local authority that will act as primary authority for businesses in the group that want a co-ordinated partnership. The prospective primary authority and the co-ordinator agree how this would work and make an application to BRDO before making an offer to the businesses. 3rd click: The businesses can then choose to apply to BRDO. The Secretary of State nominates the local authority/ fire and rescue authority as primary authority for the business. In this example, Businesses 1-3 have chosen to apply and now have partnerships with the primary authority. Business 4 has not chosen to apply and does not have a partnership. Primary Authority Advice that the primary authority disseminates via the co-ordinator may well go to Business 4 but it does not benefit from the statutory assurance mechanism and won’t be covered by any inspection plan developed by the primary authority. Charity 4

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