Housing associations, managing agents and inspection companies working in Belfast run fire risk assessment programmes under Northern Ireland's regulatory framework. Here's what applies, how often it's due, and how local providers manage it with Kaarr.
In Northern Ireland the equivalent duty comes from the Fire and Rescue Services (NI) Order 2006 and the Fire Safety Regulations (NI) 2010, enforced by NIFRS.
The responsible person for any building with two or more dwellings must have a suitable and sufficient FRA. Post-Grenfell reforms — the Fire Safety Act 2021 and Building Safety Act 2022 — widened its scope to structure, external walls and flat entrance doors, and raised the bar on recording and competence.
Belfast is in Northern Ireland, so the governing framework is: Fire and Rescue Services (NI) Order 2006 · Fire Safety Regulations (NI) 2010. In Northern Ireland the equivalent duty comes from the Fire and Rescue Services (NI) Order 2006 and the Fire Safety Regulations (NI) 2010, enforced by NIFRS.
Usually the freeholder, managing agent or housing provider who has control of the building's communal areas. They can appoint a competent assessor, but the legal duty stays with them.
FRAs must be reviewed regularly and after any material change — annual review is the standard for residential blocks, with higher-risk buildings on more intensive regimes under the Building Safety Act.
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