Rental Property & HMO Fire Safety
Private
Whether an individual landlord or under the control of a property management company there is a duty of care to the fire safety of the property and, more importantly, the tenants. There is a minimum requirement for electrical safety (fixed wiring and portable appliances), smoke detection, carbon monoxide detection and fire fighting equipment and their annual maintenance.
HMO
Landlords of houses or flats, occupied by 3 or more unrelated tenants must provide a fire risk assessment, adequate fire precautions and escape routes. These systems must be annually maintained irrespective of local council inspection.
HMO’s require adequate means for detecting fire, means for fighting the fire, escape and ensuring that the escape is available at all times. Adequate signage and recording methods must also be included within the property. Fire resistance to areas leading onto escape routes must also be provided. Domestic sprinklers may need to be considered dependent upon particular circumstances.
Services
Fire Prevention can undertake all works to ensure that your property is fully compliant under any licensing and civic government acts. We can maintain all of these systems to ensure the safety of the landlord and tenants. We provide maintenance for all aspects of rental HMO property including PIR testing, Portable Appliance Testing, smoke alarms, carbon monoxide, fire fighting equipment and in partnership provide Gas Safe gas installers to check and certify any gas appliance within the property.


