Housing associations, managing agents and inspection companies working in Edinburgh run fire risk assessment programmes under Scotland's regulatory framework. Here's what applies, how often it's due, and how local providers manage it with Kaarr.
In Scotland, fire risk assessment duties for communal areas arise under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006, with sector guidance from the Scottish Government.
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.
Edinburgh is in Scotland, so the governing framework is: Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 · Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006. In Scotland, fire risk assessment duties for communal areas arise under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006, with sector guidance from the Scottish Government.
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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