'Fire Safety - Risk Assessment: Sleeping Accommodation' will address sleeping accommodation for staff, common areas for residents and sleeping, dining or other accommodation for guests/residents in England and Wales, including:

The common areas of houses in multiple occupation (HMO)

The common areas of flats and maisonettes

The common areas of sheltered accommodation where care is not provided

Holiday chalets, holiday flat complexes, camping, caravan and holiday parks (other than privately owned individual units)

Areas in work places where staff ‘sleeping in’ is a condition of the employment or a business requirement as in licensed premises or hotels

This guide is not intended for domestic premises, hospitals, residential care and nursing homes and prisons and other establishments where people are in lawful custody.

This guide is divided into two parts:
Part 1: Explains what fire risk assessment is and how you might go about it. Fire risk assessment should be the foundation for all the fire precautions in your premises.

Part 2: Provides further guidance on fire precautions. The information is provided for you and others to dip into during your fire risk assessment or when you are reviewing your precautions.

Appendices provide supplementary information.

Fire safety law changed in October 2006
New fire safety rules affecting all non-domestic premises in England and Wales came into force on 1 October 2006, in accordance with the 'Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005' (S.I. 2005/1541, ISBN 0110729455), available below. The new law:

Emphasises preventing fires and reducing risk

Makes it your responsibility to ensure the safety of everyone who uses your premises and in the immediate vicinity

Does away with the need for fire certificates

These guidance notes will help you to comply with the new law. There are 11 'Fire Safety - Risk Assessment' Guides in the series.