Fire Risk Assessment Southwark — from £74.99

What is a Fire Risk Assessment?

A Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) is a systematic review of a property that identifies fire hazards, evaluates who is at risk from them, and records what action is needed to reduce that risk to an acceptable level. A NEBOSH qualified assessor examines means of escape, fire doors, fire alarms, emergency lighting and escape route signage, and produces a written report with a prioritised action plan.

A written Fire Risk Assessment is compulsory for every HMO under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. This national duty applies in Southwark as it does across England, an HMO licence can add fire safety conditions on top, and single-let landlords are strongly advised to hold one too.

Fire Risk Assessment in Southwark — local property context

Southwark's homes are mainly flats in purpose-built blocks, and much of the housing is recent: 26.7% of council tax properties were built from 2000 onwards (VOA 2025). Terraced houses hold 14.3% of households (Census 2021). For many lets, the block and whoever manages it shape the safety duties as much as the flat does.

Council tenants in Southwark are almost as numerous as private renters, who make up 28.7% of households, and the council licenses private lets in most of its wards. Our NEBOSH qualified assessors are experienced with the escape routes, fire doors and communal areas typical of properties across the SE1, SE15, SE16, SE5, SE17, SE22, SE21, SE24 postcode areas, and regularly carry out Fire Risk Assessments across Southwark for private landlords, letting agents and HMO operators.

Fire risk assessments in Southwark: telling flat-share tenants the block's plan

Southwark's HMO licence conditions reach beyond the front door of a shared flat. Condition 13.1 says tenants of a licensed flat in multiple occupation must be told in writing how fire safety works in the block.

The notice must cover whether the block runs a stay-put or all-out policy, the safest route out, the assembly point, and any fire drills, waking watch or fire warden arrangements. It also covers the nearest manual call point.

Those details come from the block's fire strategy and fire risk assessment, not from the flat itself. Purpose-built flats are the main home type here, so have them in writing before a shared flat in a block is let.

Households renting from the council

27.1% (London 12.1%)

Census 2021

Households in purpose-built flats

64.4% (London 40.3%)

Census 2021

Households heated only by a district or communal heat network

10.6% (London 3.4%)

Census 2021

Homes built 1955 to 1982

22.1% (London 17.5%)

VOA 2025

Fire Risk Assessment pricing in Southwark

Fixed pricing by property size and type. The same prices apply in Southwark as across all other London boroughs — no London surcharge. The only location-based fee is the £20 Congestion Charge Zone addition for central London properties.

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What's included from £74.99

Every Fire Risk Assessment we carry out in Southwark covers the complete review at no extra cost beyond the price shown.

• Identification of fire hazards and sources of ignition throughout the property
• Assessment of means of escape and travel distances
• Inspection of fire doors, self-closers and door seals
• Check of fire alarm and detection system coverage
• Emergency lighting and escape route signage check
• NEBOSH qualified assessor — fully qualified and insured
• Written report with prioritised action plan emailed within 24 hours
• Clear timescales for any remedial action identified

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