If you live in a building containing two or more flats, the responsible person must give you clear and relevant information about certain fire safety matters.
Rights to see information
The fire safety information that the responsible person must provide to residents includes:
- information about the risks to residents identified by the fire risk assessment
- information about the preventive and protective measures
- the name of the responsible person and a UK address at which you can contact them, or someone acting on their behalf
- who has been appointed to help the responsible person with the fire risk assessment
- who has been nominated to put in place measures for firefighting in the building
- any risks they have been told about by another responsible person for the building
The responsible person must keep records of these fire safety matters.
These rules are set out in Article 21A of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2025.
For buildings in England, the responsible person must also give residents fire safety instructions, including information about what to do if there is a fire, under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022.
Requesting a copy of the fire risk assessment
You can ask the responsible person or managing agent for a copy of the fire risk assessment. Some landlords, local authorities, housing associations and managing organisations provide copies voluntarily or make them available online.
There’s no automatic right for leaseholders to be given a copy of the full fire risk assessment, but if the responsible person does not share the full assessment they must give you the information listed above about the fire risks that have been identified and the safety measures in place.
If you own a retirement flat and your landlord is a member of the Association of Retirement Housing Managers (ARHM), they should follow the ARHM Code which says that copies of the fire risk assessment should be made available on request. This is not a legal duty but is good practice under the Code.
Making a request for fire safety information
Contact the responsible person for your building and ask for the fire safety information you need.
You can use our template letter.
If they do not provide the information
Your local fire and rescue authority has the power to enforce the legal duty to provide information under Article 21A of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 if the responsible person does not comply.
It’s best to try to resolve the issue informally first. Find out about steps you can take to resolve a dispute with your landlord or managing agent.
- Last updated:
- 6 November 2026
- Next review:
- 21 April 2027
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