Fire Safety Register - Sample

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Fire Safety Register sample for small places of assembly, outlining how premises management must maintain fire safety responsibilities under Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003. Guidance covers keeping the register and relevant codes available for inspection, applying fire safety measures and procedures continuously, and ensuring reasonable measures for guard against fire outbreak and protection of persons. It provides daily operational checks for exit routes, restrictions on furnishings along escape routes, required signage, and practical testing steps for lighting internal and external escape routes.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryForms

FormatDOCX

Pages24

Reading Time8 min

AccessFree to download

Guidance for completion of the fire safety register

Exit routes (daily inspection)

Daily test - lighting of all escape routes

Fire Safety Register (Sample) This sample document may be used as a reference for a small ‘Place of Assembly’ type premises. The management may need to add relevant sections to address areas such as sleeping accommodation, commercial kitchens, sprinklers, smoke control facilities, services checks etc or remove non relevant areas to suit the premises requirements. Places of assembly type premises include; • library to which the public are admitted • museum • non-residential college or school • non-residential club • premises licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor other than an off- licence • radio or television studio to which the public are admitted • restaurant, cafe, canteen • riding school • skating rink • sports pavilion • stadium • swimming baths (including any swimming pool, changing rooms, or similar facilities) • tent or marquee to which the public are admitted amusement arcade art gallery assembly hall bingo hall casino concert hall conference hall cinema dance hall (including discotheque) ecclesiastical building exhibition hall funfair building grandstand gymnasium indoor bowling alley indoor games court theatre Additional information is available within ‘A Code of Practice for the Management of Fire safety in Places of Assembly’ and ‘Fire Safety Guide for Building Owners and Operators’ ‘A Code of Practice for the Management of Fire safety in Places of Assembly’ is available, free of charge, at HYPERLINK "http://www.laois.ie" www.laois.ie , Services, Emergency Services, Fire Safety Guidelines GUIDANCE FOR COMPLETION OF THE FIRE SAFETY REGISTER Section 18(2) of the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003 generally applies to all premises other than a dwelling house occupied as a single private dwelling. This section of the Act places a duty on persons having control over premises to - take all reasonable measures to guard against the outbreak of fire, provide reasonable fire safety measures, prepare and provide appropriate fire safety procedures, ensure that the fire safety measures and procedures are applied at all times, and ensure as far as is reasonably practicable the safety of persons on the premises in the event of an outbreak of fire. The Register should be kept in a safe place on the premises at all times together with the relevant Code of Practice or Guide to Fire Precautions and should be available for inspection by any Authorised Officer of the Fire Authority. Owners or Managers of premises should take careful note of the intervals at which various inspections, tests or inventory/location checks are to be carried out. These are summarised in the table below. The following Pages cover the main day to day management responsibilities. The ‘Code of Practice for the Management of Fire Safety in Places of Assembly’ provides easy to follow guidance on how to comply with all management’s statutory responsibilities. ‘A Code of Practice for the Management of Fire safety in Places of Assembly’ is available, free of charge, at HYPERLINK "http://www.laois.ie" www.laois.ie , Departments, Fire & Rescue, Codes of Practice and Guidelines. Exit Routes (Daily Inspection) All emergency exit routes are to be checked each day before members of the public are permitted onto the premises. The following list should be assessed and signed off each day. All internal and external exit routes i.e. corridors, lobbies, stairways, external escape yards, side lane way etc should be totally clear at all times and be fully available for use. This should be implemented each day before members of the public are permitted onto the premise and noted in the fire safety register. Section 4 of The Ease of Escape Regulations (provided at the back of this document) state that the hanging of drapes/curtains is prohibited along escape routes or on exit doors. Therefore, all drapes/curtains over exit doors should be removed or stitched in such a way that they cannot be used i.e. drapes/curtains present purely for decoration purposes only

FAQs

Who is responsible for maintaining and applying the fire safety measures in the register?

Persons having control over the premises must take all reasonable measures against fire outbreak, provide reasonable fire safety measures and procedures, ensure they are applied at all times, and ensure safety of persons as far as reasonably practicable.

What must be checked each day before members of the public are admitted?

All internal and external exit routes must be assessed and signed off daily, and corridors, lobbies, stairways, and external escape yards must remain totally clear and fully available for use.

How should escape route lighting be tested to ensure safe use?

Lighting of all escape routes should be tested so internal and external areas/routes are illuminated at all times. During darkness, staff should walk from each exit door to the public road and ensure adequate lighting where daylight is insufficient.

Aug 31, 2026

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