Technical Booklet E Fire Safety·Page 7
Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 and Fire Safety Regulations
The Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 and Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 impose a general duty to take reasonably required fire precautions to ensure relevant premises are safe. Certain duty holders must carry out and continually review fire risk assessments of the workplace and relevant premises.
The main legislation in this area is the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 and the associated Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010. This legislation imposes a general duty to take such fire precautions as may be reasonably required to ensure that relevant premises are safe for the occupants and those in the immediate vicinity. By virtue of this legislation certain duty holders are required to carry out and continually review a fire risk assessment of the workplace and the relevant premises.
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