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Practical fire safety advice for businesses, landlords, holiday-let owners and community buildings, written by Steve.

Diagram: the five-step fire risk assessment cycle around the SPM flame
Winter safety · New

Portable heaters and Christmas decorations at work

Heaters, fairy lights and decorations: the rules, the risks and a closedown checklist.

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Diagram: a tall block of flats with one resident highlighted and a dashed evacuation route to the exit
New rules · New

Residential PEEPs: the new evacuation plan rules

Who the April 2026 rules cover, the six duties, and what to do now.

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Illustration: fire risk assessments from £250, with a quote listing SPM Fire Safety prices
Fire risk assessment · New

How much does a fire risk assessment cost?

What’s included, what affects the price, and how to get a fixed quote.

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Illustration: a holiday cottage with interlinked smoke alarms, a keyless exit door and the coast
Holiday lets · New

Fire safety for holiday lets in Suffolk and Norfolk

The rules for paying-guest properties, with a checklist for owners.

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Diagram: a block of flats with flat entrance doors checked annually and communal fire doors quarterly
Landlords · New

Fire safety in flats and HMOs: what landlords must do

The 2022 regulations, section 156 and PEEPs, building by building.

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Diagram: a fire door with the five check points numbered: label, gaps, seals, hinges and closer
Fire doors · New

The five-step fire door check

Five checks that take a couple of minutes per door, plus a checklist.

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Illustration: 40 staff across two floors with four people highlighted as fire wardens
Training · New

How many fire wardens do you need?

What the law says, the rule of thumb, and what really decides it.

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Illustration: a village hall with two signed exits and a route to the assembly point
Community buildings · New

Fire safety for village halls and community buildings

Who is responsible, briefing hirers, and a checklist for committees.

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Diagram: extract fan proves airflow to the interlock panel, which opens the gas solenoid valve to the kitchen appliances
Commercial kitchens · Sep 2026

Gas interlock systems

What gas interlocks do in commercial kitchens, the UK rules behind them, and what happens without one.

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Diagram: knowledge, experience and training overlap to make a competent person
Compliance · Mar 2026

Defining a competent person for fire safety in the UK

What “competent” means for fire safety, and how to find the right person for your organisation.

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Diagram: the five-step fire risk assessment cycle around the SPM flame
Fire risk assessment · Jan 2026

Comprehensive fire risk assessments explained

What a fire risk assessment covers, the five steps, and whether you can do your own.

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