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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 Taunton and the surrounding Somerset towns.
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. The Somerset authority contains more commercial premises than any other area in this tier, so the workplace duty is the dominant one locally.
An out-of-date or missing fire risk assessment is a breach of the Fire Safety Order, and unaddressed risks can invalidate your buildings insurance in the event of an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.
The commercial figure is the striking one in Taunton. 7,764 commercial premises across the Somerset authority hold a valid commercial EPC, the highest count of any area in this tier, ahead of Bristol and Manchester. Somerset is a large unitary authority covering much more than the town, but the scale of the non-domestic estate is the reason Taunton is on this list.
The residential duty is more ordinary. Flats are 20.2% of the town's 34,790 homes, around 7,028 properties, 18.1% of the stock pre-dates 1930 and 6,235 homes are privately rented. So the typical enquiry here is a business needing a workplace assessment rather than a landlord needing a communal-area one, though we carry out both.
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. The Somerset authority contains 7,764 premises holding a valid commercial EPC, the highest count in this tier, so the workplace duty is especially widespread. If your business has 5 or more employees the assessment must be kept in writing.
Yes. The Fire Safety Order applies to premises of any size, and every workplace needs a responsible person who has carried out a suitable assessment. What changes with size is only whether it must be written down: with five or more employees the assessment has to be kept in writing. Below that the duty to assess is identical, and a written record is still the only practical way to demonstrate it.
Fire risk assessments in Taunton 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.