This simple guide offers small businesses all the information they need to comply with fire safety legislation. Aimed at companies operating in simple premises, it offers guidance on how to conduct a fire risk assessment, prepare an emergency plan and keep a fire safety log.

The guide is divided into four sections:

• Introduction: Covers the requirements of fire safety legislation and the principal duties of the employer/responsible person
• The fire risk assessment process: Takes readers through a simple five step process, providing useful checklists to aid its completion. A sample risk assessment template is included, which users can tailor to their own premises
• Preparing an emergency plan: Covers the main issues that should be considered when planning the actions to take in an emergency. A sample template suggests what would be useful to record
• Fire safety log: Describes the regular equipment and procedural checks that should be conducted. Includes a range of sample log forms to help users keep a suitable record of equipment inspections and training drills

The book contains over 20 pages of sample templates, including forms for recording a risk assessment; an emergency plan; regular fire safety equipment checks and maintaining details of staff training undertaken.

Click here to download a range of sample pages