Issue - meetings

RESOLVED that to ensure the Council was compliant with Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and Building Safety Act 2022, the Fire Policy be approved.

Executive considered a detailed report, presented by the Portfolio Holder for Environment, which sought Member’s approval for the revised Fire Safety Policy which would be applicable to all the Council’s corporate and housing independent living scheme premises.

The Government had published new guidance on the enhanced duties of responsible persons under amendments of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and Building Safety Act 2022 (S156) applying to all non-domestic premises where people worked, visited, or resided, including parts of multi-occupied residential buildings, communal corridors, stairs, and plant rooms.

It was a legal requirement to have a Fire Safety Policy and to monitor compliance with its implementation. Failure to approve and adopt the Fire Safety Policy would place the Council in a position of non-compliance, presenting risk of enforcement action by the Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service (Fire Safety Officer) for failure to comply with and\or breaching requirements of the Fire Safety Order.

Moved by Councillor Anne Clarke and seconded by Councillor Mary Dooley

RESOLVED that to ensure the Council was compliant with Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and Building Safety Act 2022, the Fire Policy be approved.

Reasons for Recommendation

It was a legal requirement to have a Fire Safety Policy and to monitor compliance with its implementation.

Alternative Options and Reasons for Rejection

Failure to approve and adopt the Fire Safety Policy would place the Council in a position of non-compliance, presenting risk of enforcement action by the Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service (Fire Safety Officer) for failure to comply with

and\or breaching requirements of the Fire Safety Order.