How a Consumer Benefits from a Fire Risk Assessment

Sam Richards
Authored by Sam Richards
Posted Monday, March 15, 2021 - 8:32pm

A fire risk assessment isn't just about your company's bottom line. It benefits your customers by ensuring their safety and improving your brand's reputation. Missing safety issues can negatively affect your business. Most customers won't frequent an establishment with violations. 

Keeping Others Safe

It's not only your moral obligation to keep your customers and tenants safe. It's also your legal duty. Failure to have a complete understanding of the risk can lead to fines and even prison time for negligent situations. Penalties and notices from failure to follow basic safety rules aren't good for business. Customers that learn of fines and other violations may wonder what other areas you're not in compliance with. Additionally, for some industries, failure to complete the fire safety assessment may be a breach of contract that can cost you business. 

Less Stress, Better Focus on Products and Services

A professional fire risk assessment reassures you, your staff, and your customers of their safety. This favorable situation allows everyone to focus on buying, selling, and completing service transactions. Take a deep breath and get to work knowing your employees and customers are in safe hands. To continue enjoying reduced stress from a risk assessment, don't make it a one-and-done service. Hire an assessor for an annual report. Additionally, when you expand your business, get a new safety review.

Customers Expect a Professional Assessment

It's essential for many business owners, such as restaurants, banquet halls, and real estate management companies, to have an assessor's report. Your clientele often demands to receive a certified copy.

Unless you're a professional with years of experience, you don't have the skills to look for risks, complete a safety plan, and ensure any problems are fixed. Choosing a highly trained and qualified assessor provides a clear report that's easy to understand. 

In addition, customers that aren't expecting a professional assessment will be impressed with your thorough safety planning. Supplying these documents for both client types is vital to maintaining and improving your brand's reputation. 

Secure Insurance Claims

No one wants a fire to happen. But even with the best plans, it can occur. An up-to-date fire risk assessment may help with your claim. For example, the report may show no signs of risk and that you took all necessary steps to assure your facility's fire risk. 

These documents may speed up the approval process and get you the funds you need for repairs. Even without a claim, a professional report may lower your premium. With less of your budget going to insurance, you can focus more on products, services, and marketing.

Get and stay in compliance with UK safety regulations with a commercial fire risk assessment. We have over 26 years of experience in the fire industry. Contact us today for a fast quote and keep your business, employees, and financial interests safe.

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