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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 Worcester and the surrounding Worcestershire 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. Worcester's stock is mixed, so both the conversion and the purpose-built versions of the duty turn up here in roughly equal measure.
An out-of-date or missing fire risk assessment is a breach of the Fire Safety Order, and unaddressed risks can invalidate your buildings insurance in the event of an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.
Worcester sits in the middle of this group on almost every measure, which is itself the useful thing to know about it. Flats are 20.8% of its 46,290 homes, around 9,628 properties, and 19.7% of the stock pre-dates 1930. Neither figure is extreme, and the practical consequence is that a landlord here is about as likely to be responsible for a converted period building as for a purpose-built block.
Those two cases need different assessments. In a conversion the questions are structural: one staircase, separation between flats, the fire resistance of entrance doors. In a purpose-built block they are managerial: testing, housekeeping, whether the escape routes are still clear. 7,339 Worcester homes are privately rented and 17.5% socially rented. Across the Worcester authority area, 1,638 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. Around 9,628 Worcester homes are flats, split between period conversions and purpose-built blocks, and the duty covers the communal areas of both. If your business has 5 or more employees the assessment must be kept in writing.
There is only one kind of fire risk assessment, but what it examines depends on the building. The assessor establishes how the building is constructed, how it is occupied and how it is managed, then reports against that. You do not need to work out the category in advance; describing the property when you request a quote is enough for us to scope it properly.
Fire risk assessments in Worcester 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.