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The same fire safety law applies in every Irish city, but the buildings differ. This guide sets out who needs a fire risk assessment, what it covers, and where to…

In a business park or shared building, fire safety depends on several parties each doing their part: the landlord, the managing agent and every tenant. A fire risk assessment shows…

In a school or crèche, most of the people in the building cannot be expected to evacuate themselves. A fire risk assessment for an education or childcare setting focuses on…

Food processing and manufacturing plants carry fire risks that offices and shops do not: heat processes, combustible dust, refrigeration plant and insulated wall panels that can spread a fire out…

A shop is full of people who have never seen the back of the building and do not know where the second exit is. A fire risk assessment for a…

Irish law does not set a fixed interval for reviewing a fire risk assessment. It must be reviewed when something significant changes, or when there is reason to believe it…

A warehouse fire spreads fast. Large open spaces, high racking and tonnes of packaging give it everything it needs. A fire risk assessment for a warehouse or industrial unit focuses…

Restaurants, pubs and cafés combine the two things that matter most in a fire: a kitchen where one can start, and a room full of customers who do not know…

Fire safety in a nursing home is judged against a specific regulation, and the stakes are high because many residents cannot leave the building without help. A fire risk assessment…

Every office in Dublin needs a fire risk assessment, whether it is one floor above a shop or several floors of a managed block. Offices are lower risk than hotels…