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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 Warrington 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 Warrington the commercial side of that duty is proportionally larger than the residential one.
An out-of-date or missing fire risk assessment is a breach of the Fire Safety Order, and unaddressed risks can invalidate your buildings insurance in the event of an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.
Warrington is the newest-built town in the Cheshire group and the most commercially weighted. Only 13.3% of its 65,623 homes pre-date 1930, and 3,171 commercial premises across the authority hold a valid commercial EPC. Set against a stock where flats are 17.1%, around 11,222 properties, the balance of fire risk assessment work here leans towards workplaces rather than communal areas.
That matters for what an assessment covers. In a commercial building the responsible person is usually the employer or the occupier, the assessment has to account for staff, visitors and contractors rather than residents asleep at night, and where five or more people are employed it must be kept in writing. 9,497 Warrington homes are privately rented and 21.7% socially rented, so the residential duty is real too, just less dominant than in the older towns nearby.
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. Warrington has 3,171 commercial premises holding a valid commercial EPC, so the workplace duty is particularly widespread locally. If your business has 5 or more employees the assessment must be kept in writing.
Anyone with control of the premises can hold the duty, which usually means the employer, but it can also be the owner, the landlord or the occupier, and often more than one of them at once. In a multi-let building the landlord typically takes the common parts while each tenant takes their own demise. The practical answer is that the assessment should say who owns each action it raises.
Fire risk assessments in Warrington 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.