Fire safety guides
The Garrison FM fire safety guides explain fire risk assessment law and standards in England, with a short answer at the top of each guide and links to the primary source on legislation.gov.uk, GOV.UK or BSI for every legal point.
Fire door inspection requirements for blocks of flats
Regulation 10 fire door checks in flats: 3-monthly for communal doors, 12-monthly for flat entrance doors over 11 metres. What to check and record.
What is a fire risk assessment and who needs one?
What a fire risk assessment covers, who must have one in England, who can carry it out and what must be recorded since October 2023.
How much does a fire risk assessment cost in 2026?
Fire risk assessment prices for 2026: offices and shops from £295, flats from £325, HMOs from £395 ex VAT. What changes the price and what is included.
How often does a fire risk assessment need reviewing?
No law sets a fixed review interval for a fire risk assessment. What article 9(3) requires, guidance for flats, and which checks have fixed dates.
HMO fire safety requirements in England
HMO fire safety rules in England: the Fire Safety Order, licensing, smoke and CO alarms, LACORS guidance, and the 2026 schemes in Reading and Oxford.
BS 9792:2025 and the withdrawal of PAS 79-2
BS 9792:2025 replaced PAS 79-2:2020 for housing fire risk assessments. Scope, what changed, the 4 assessment types, and what it means for existing ones.
What the October 2023 fire safety rules require in writing
Since 1 October 2023 every responsible person must record their full fire risk assessment. What section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 requires.
Book a fire risk assessment
Tell us the building type, the postcode and the date of your current assessment. We reply with a fixed price and the first available visit date.