Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service (on behalf of Cumbria County Council who are the Fire & Rescue Authority for Cumbria)  will enforce all matters relating to fire safety in accordance with the provisions of the statutory legislation for which it has enforcement responsibility. 

The Fire & Rescue Service will on all occasions exercise due care and consideration in regard to the use of enforcement powers, and as far as is reasonably practicable, ensure matters are addressed through legislation having primacy in the circumstances. 

Enforcement decisions will be made using the enforcement principles embodied in the Enforcement Management Model published by the Health and Safety Executive, which is considered national best practice, and in accordance with the 'Regulators' compliance code'  issued by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. 

For more details please follow the link below.

http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file45019.pdf

Click on the following link for further information on the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and to check your compliance with the new legislation by filling in the online self-assessment form on the Fire Gateway 

Whilst Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service are not in a position to produce a Fire Risk Assessment for any individual or organisation,  we will provide assistance and  guidance, where requested, on specific aspects of our  legislation. Guidance literature and associated documents can be found by following the links below.

The documents below can be downloaded and printed, hardcopies can then be filled in. 

For a Fire safety Log Book click here (Opens in a new window)
For a Fire Risk Assessment form click here (Opens in a new window)
For a Guidance on completion of the Fire Risk Assessment form click here  (Opens in a new window)
For Landlords of small premises click here for your Risk Assessment Proforma.

The policy documents below can be downloaded and printed.

Enforcement Policy. click here (Opens in a new window)
Technical Fire Safety Consultation Arrangements. click here (Opens in a new window)
Technical Fire Safety Policy. click here (Opens in a new window)
Unwanted Fire Signals. click here (Opens in a new window)