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Fire risk assessments for commercial premises, blocks of flats and HMOs.
Over 19 years experience providing property surveys for all building types.
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Easy EPC provides fire risk assessments for commercial premises, the communal areas of blocks of flats, and HMOs across Salford and the surrounding areas.
Our assessors survey the premises, identify the fire risks, and produce a clear written report with an overall risk rating, prioritised action points, and the timescale for the next review.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person for any commercial premises must have a suitable fire risk assessment. If the business has 5 or more employees, it must be kept in writing.
For residential property, landlords and freeholders are responsible for assessing the communal areas of any block of flats, including houses converted into two or more flats, and the assessment must cover the front doors of the individual flats. In Salford that duty covers most of the housing stock rather than a slice of it.
An out-of-date or missing fire risk assessment is a breach of the Fire Safety Order, and unaddressed risks can invalidate your buildings insurance in the event of an incident.
Salford has the highest proportion of flats anywhere in our coverage. 64.6% of its 56,057 EPC-registered homes are flats, some 36,213 properties. In most towns the communal-area duty applies to a minority of buildings. In Salford it is the normal case, and a house is the exception.
The stock is also young by the standards of this region: only 11.8% pre-dates 1930, the lowest share in the Cheshire group, so this is predominantly purpose-built apartment accommodation rather than subdivided terraces. That shifts where the risk sits. In a designed block the fabric usually starts compliant, and what degrades is management: wedged fire doors, obstructed lobbies, dead detection. 12,709 homes are privately rented and 30.9% socially rented. Across the Salford authority area, 3,423 commercial premises hold a valid commercial EPC, each with a responsible person who needs a current assessment.
Housing and commercial figures from the MHCLG EPC register (valid certificates, May 2026).
If you are responsible for a commercial premises, or you are the landlord of a block of flats (including a house converted into two or more flats), the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires a fire risk assessment. 64.6% of Salford homes are flats, the highest share anywhere in our coverage, so communal-area assessments are the norm here rather than the exception. If your business has 5 or more employees the assessment must be kept in writing.
Yes. The Fire Safety Order applies regardless of age, and it is concerned with how the building is used and managed, not only how it was built. In newer blocks the findings are far more often about maintenance and housekeeping than about structure: detection that has not been tested, fire doors held open, escape routes used for storage. With only 11.8% of Salford stock pre-dating 1930, this is the common case locally.
Fire risk assessments in Salford start from £199.95+VAT. The exact price depends on the size and complexity of the premises. A small block's communal areas cost less to assess than a large commercial building. Contact Easy EPC for a free, no-obligation quote.
Your fire risk assessment should be reviewed regularly and updated whenever something changes that could make it outdated, for example a change of layout, use, or occupancy. Your report states the timescale for the next review.
A written report highlighting any fire risks found, an overall risk rating for the property, the priority and timescale for any action needed, and the timescale for the next review. Each element is categorised so you can see at a glance where intervention is needed.
Get a no-obligation quote for your fire risk assessment. Our team will respond during opening hours.