Hebden Bridge, Todmorden and Holmfirth Fire Risk Assessments
If you run a holiday let, pub, shop or mill conversion in the Calder Valley or Holme Valley, you need a written fire risk assessment. There is specialist support available for Fire Risk Assessments in Hebden Bridge Todmorden and Holmfirth. That is a legal duty for the Responsible Person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Staines Safety Services provides fire risk assessments in Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Mytholmroyd, Sowerby Bridge, Holmfirth and the surrounding Calderdale and Kirklees valleys. Our assessors hold the Level 5 Diploma in Advanced Fire Risk Assessment, the advanced competence level aligned to BS 8674 for more complex and higher-risk premises.
Why valley properties need a competent fire risk assessment
These towns are not standard office stock. Typical premises include:
- Holiday cottages and Airbnbs
- Converted mills and listed buildings
- Pubs and rooms above shops
- Independent shops, cafés and workshops
- Common parts of flats in older stone buildings
Many have wood burners, narrow stairs, timber floors, limited escape routes and paying guests who do not know the building. Official guidance confirms the Fire Safety Order applies to workplaces and to premises with paying guests, including self-catering holiday lets. See Fire safety in the workplace and Making your small paying guest accommodation safe from fire.
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the enforcing authority. They can inspect regulated premises and will expect a suitable and sufficient assessment.
Who needs a fire risk assessment in Hebden Bridge, Todmorden and Holmfirth?
You need one if you are the Responsible Person for:
- A shop, café, office or workshop
- A pub, hotel, guest house or B&B
- A holiday cottage, barn or mill conversion used as paying-guest accommodation
- The common parts of flats or an HMO
- Any other non-domestic premises
Use the Home Office guides for the building type: Fire safety risk assessment: sleeping accommodation and Fire safety risk assessment: offices and shops.
The Fire Safety Act 2021 also makes clear that, in multi-occupied residential buildings, the assessment must consider the structure, external walls and flat entrance doors where they form part of the common parts.
A single private house let to one household does not always need a formal Fire Safety Order assessment of the dwelling itself. Holiday lets, HMOs and buildings with communal areas do. If you are unsure, we will confirm before you book.
What our assessment covers
A Staines Safety Services fire risk assessment follows the five-step method used in government guidance:
- Identify fire hazards
- Identify people at risk, including guests and anyone who may need help to escape
- Evaluate, remove or reduce the risks
- Record the significant findings and produce a clear action plan
- Set a review date
In Hebden Bridge, Todmorden and Holmfirth we pay particular attention to:
- Wood burners, open fires and chimney maintenance
- Holiday-let information for paying guests
- Escape routes in listed buildings and mill conversions
- Detection, emergency lighting and fire doors
- Housekeeping, storage and arson risk
You receive a written report with prioritised actions. We do not sell fire alarms or extinguishers as part of the assessment, so the recommendations stay independent.
Level 5 Diploma in Advanced Fire Risk Assessment
There is still no single licence to write a fire risk assessment in England. The law requires the assessment to be suitable and sufficient, and the person doing it to be competent for that building.
Our assessors hold the Level 5 Diploma in Advanced Fire Risk Assessment. That is the advanced route aligned to BS 8674, above the more common Level 4 intermediate qualification, and is intended for more complex and higher-risk premises.That matters for a mill conversion with flats, a listed holiday let in Hebden Bridge, or a Holmfirth pub with accommodation.
Areas we cover
We carry out fire risk assessments throughout the Calder Valley and Holme Valley, including:
- Hebden Bridge
- Todmorden
- Mytholmroyd
- Sowerby Bridge
- Holmfirth
- Nearby villages across Calderdale and Kirklees
We already work from our Leeds office across West Yorkshire, so these towns are a local service area rather than a distant add-on.
How to book
Call 07885 982771 or email info@stainessafetyservices.co.uk
Tell us the town, the type of building and roughly how many floors or rooms. We will confirm whether you need an assessment, give a fixed price and arrange the visit.
You can also request a quote at Staines Safety Services.
A fire risk assessment in Hebden Bridge, Todmorden or Holmfirth does not need to be complicated. It does need to be suitable, sufficient and written by someone qualified to judge the building. That is the service we provide.