Fire risk assessments

Getting a copy of your building’s fire risk assessment

To get a copy of your building’s fire risk assessment (FRA), you should contact the responsible person and ask them to send you a copy.

If you're in England, you can use our template letter to ask for a copy.

Some organisations, local authorities and housing associations publish fire risk assessments online.

If they do not give you a copy

The law requires that the responsible person:

The local fire and rescue authority has the power to enforce this requirement.

If you have a managing agent and they fail to give you a copy of the FRA, you could make an official complaint.

Complain to the individual agent directly.
If that does not work, you should make a formal complaint through the internal complaints procedure at the agent’s company.
If you are still unhappy, you can then complain to a redress scheme. All managing agents in England must be a member of a redress scheme.

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