Law: HMOs SA Communal Access Fire Safety Risk Assessment required under RRO Regulatory Reform Order.

If you have a HMO, serviced accommodation, flat, or apartment with a shared or communal area the law says you need a Fire Risk Assessment.
The (RRO) regulatory reform order 2005 sets out the requirements for a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment and places a duty on the owners to have this done.
The assesor must be a competent person and doing a bad risk assessment can be as bad if not worse than not having one.
A competent person can use take a fire risk assessment easily and will provide critical information to ensure any risk is identified and that safety management processes are in place are suitable and sufficient to ensure the fire safety of the building.

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A summary of RRO and fire risk assessments in HMO's and Serviced Accommodation.