A Register for Certified Building Safety Managers The Building Safety Alliance is a newly created 'not for profit' organisation which will deliver a publicly accessible register of Certified Building Safety Managers. This register is a fall out from the Building Safety Bill and also recommended by Dame Judith Hackitt in her building safety report. The Fire Protection Association (FPA) played a key role in the working group (WG8) that developed the competency requirements. This is another step closer to raising the bar in Fire Safety and setting competency levels within the industry. Well done to the FPA for being part of this and we at Ergo are pleased to be a member of the FPA. Read more on this story here or click on the image below.  Do you have questions on this topic or anything else related to Fire Safety? Give us a call to discuss your current situation and how we can assist.

Are you a Building Owner? "Building owners could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the Home Office has announced today." Home Office, UK Government. The UK Government is slowly starting to take steps to impose tougher legislation to assist in enforcement for anyone caught breaching fire safety regulations, obstructing a fire inspector or impersonating a fire safety officer. These new measures, announced as part of the government’s response to the Fire Safety Consultation, will come into force as part of the legislation in the Building Safety Bill. "Everyone should be safe in the buildings where they live, stay or work...our new measures will improve fire safety and help save lives, but will also take firm action against those who fail in their duty to keep people safe." Lord Greenhalgh, Fire Minister. The measures will amend the Fire Safety Order and will improve the quality of fire risk assessments and competence of those who complete them. This is long overdue and there is a long way to go to improve on this service offering. There are still individuals and companies carrying out surveys and inspections of poor quality, hopefully this will start to put this right, but it will take time. What are the new measures? Improve the quality of fire risk assessments and competence of those who complete them. Ensure vital fire safety information is preserved over the lifespan of all regulated buildings. Improve cooperation and coordination amongst people responsible for fire safety and making it easier to identify who they are. Strengthen enforcement action, with anyone impersonating or obstructing a fire inspector facing unlimited fines. Strengthen guidance issued under the Fire Safety Order so that failure to follow it may be considered in court proceedings as evidence of a breach or of compliance. Improve the engagement between Building Control Bodies and Fire Authorities in reviewing plans for building work. Require all new flats above 11 metres tall to install premises information boxes. What do you do next? Are you Compliant? Don't wait for this to become law! Give us a call to discuss your current situation and what you need to do next and how we can assist.