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Safety that Delivers
We work alongside national and international firms.
We are committed to providing customer satisfaction with services and products of the highest level of quality on time and at a competitive price. The implementation of the quality is the responsibility of all staff members with overall responsibility residing with the directors, who monitor its effectiveness and associated activities. Quality is crucial to our success.
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JR Associates (Safety) Ltd is an independent family owned fire safety company founded in 2006 by John Bates & Ron Field, both ex West Midlands Fire Safety Officer’s who served at a senior level for a number of years. As a company over the years there have been new advisors appointed that have served within the fire service or have gained suitable qualifications by the method of being mentored and under going examination to obtain qualifications that deem them to be competent.
The combined experience can offer 63 years of fire safety knowledge that provides a continuing pragmatic advisory service to our clients
As a company we provide a bespoke professional service where details of a premises are recorded on a plan. Preventative and protective measures are indicated on them together with any significant findings as appropriate. This is then followed by the comprehensive Fire Risk Assessment to comply with the suitable legislation. However, the purpose of the document is to convey information in the most simple of formats.
JR Associates ensure that only qualified competent advisors are appointed to complete Fire Risk Assessments. All our advisors hold suitable qualifications within the fire sector. All assessors will have either served within the fire service or have been mentored by an ex-fire safety officer. We ensure that they hold qualifications with either the Institute of Fire Safety Managers, the Institute of Fire Engineers or via a third party accreditation such as FRACS.
JR Associates is a professional company that provides a personal service
Fire Risk Assessment
Fire Compartment Surveys
Planning For Means of Escape
Policies and Strategies
Training and Support
DSEAR Assessments
Fire Risk Assessment
In England and Wales, if you are an employer, owner, landlord, managing agent or an occupier of a business or other non-domestic premises, the responsibility for fire safety and fire protection rests with you. As such, you are defined as the ‘Responsible Person’. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 came into force on the 1st October 2006 and was the most significant change to fire safety legislation in over 35 years, detailing what you have to do to comply with the law. The Responsible Person has the duty to ensure that a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment is completed for the premises for which he has control. In order for the risks to be fully assessed with nothing being overlooked, it is a duty to appoint one or more competent persons to assist him in undertaking the preventative and protective measures (Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Article 18.-[1]). JR Associates have now completed in excess of 1,500 fire risk assessments to comply with this requirement on behalf of our clients.
JR Associates can carry out suitable and sufficient Fire Risk Assessments with the comprehensive document including plans and photographs.
Fire Compartment Surveys
If you have had a Fire Risk Assessment carried out on your premises, one of the action points on your “Fire Action Plan “could be a Significant Finding to have a Fire Compartmentation Survey undertaken. This tends to be the case where the Fire Risk Assessor has identified numerous breaches in fire compartment walls, ceilings and floors, and feels that the fire compartments within a building is likely to be compromised in a fire situation. A Fire Compartmentation Survey is intrusive and involves investigative works within roof spaces, ceiling and floor voids, as well as within service rises, behind boxings etc. The objective is to assess whether the existing fire compartment walls (including doors within them), floors and ceilings within the property are likely to restrict the potential spread of fire and smoke for the required period of time (i.e. the time required to enable escape).
JR Associates can carry out suitable and sufficient Fire Compartment Surveys with documents containing plans and images.
Planning For Means of Escape
A “means of escape” can be defined as the structural means whereby a safe route is provided for people to travel from any location in a building or structure to a place of safety without the need of outside assistance. Each workplace should have an emergency plan which all employees and visitors must be made aware of.
JR Associates can complete suitable planning for Means of Escape purposes.
Policies and Strategies
A fire safety policy is a document that sets out an organisation’s commitment to ensuring the safety of all of the Relevant Persons that may be on its premises, in the case of a fire. The policy should: Clearly define roles, responsibilities and accountabilities, with regards to fire safety; Develop and implement appropriate fire safety procedures and arrangements to safeguard all persons who may be affected by their operations. Specifically, measures to control the risks and consequences of fire, to enable them to reach so far as reasonably practicable, a place ultimate safety.
JR Associates can prepare suitable & sufficient Fire Policies/Strategies.
Training and Support
Article 21.— states that: The responsible person must ensure that his employees are provided with adequate safety training. – The training should cover everything from preventing fires and following correct procedures to how to stay safe and escape in the event of a blaze. You should have an emergency plan in place to cover what needs to happen in the event of a fire. The training programme should cover where employees need to go but the safest routes they can take. In some circumstances, staff may have specific roles to undertake with regards to other occupants within the premises (In the case of Residential Care for instance) including Fire Marshals who should be trained in the correct actions and procedures to follow.
It is a duty to provide staff with basic knowledge of operating fire extinguishers and ways of preventing fire from spreading further, when it is safe to tackle fire rather than evacuating. Advanced training for specific employees on fire-fighting as well as other emergency tasks, such as shutting down dangerous equipment and ensuring that everyone has left the premises.
JR Associates can provide the necessary Emergency Action Procedures and the associated training.
DSEAR Assessments
Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 requires employers to assess the risks of fires and explosions that may be caused by dangerous substances in the workplace. The aim is to protect employees and other people who may be put at risk, such as visitors to the workplace and members of the public. The Regulations complement the requirement to manage risks under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations. DSEAR applies to workplaces where dangerous substances are present, used, or
produced. It is a requirement that all work premises undertake a risk assessment covering processes that may involve the use of materials that could cause a risk of harm to employees from fire, explosion or energetic releases. This covers flammable gases, solvents, vapours, dusts, incompatible chemicals and self-heating (spontaneous ignition).
JR Associates can provide suitable and sufficient DSEAR risk assessments.