Fire Safety and Smoke Alarm Compliance

Landlords in England are legally required to take a number of fire safety precautions to protect the property and their tenants.  This includes regular smoke and carbon monoxide alarm checks, and requirements introduced by the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 in respect of buildings with more than one dwelling with shared fire evacuation routes. 

The documents below can help landlords and letting agents manage these requirements.  There is a summary of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 setting out the landlord's key responsibilities including the checking of fire doors, provision of fire safety information and safety door instructions to tenants and provision of fire safety information to local fire services.  The template letters can be used to help manage requests for fire door and smoke alarm checks in line with legislative requirements.

These documents should be used for lettings in England only.

• Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 Summary
• Smoke Alarm Testing Letter to Tenant
• Smoke Alarm Repairs Letter to Tenant
• Fire Safety Instructions & Fire Door Instructions Letter to Tenant
• Example of Fire Safety Information to be provided to Tenant
• Letter to Lessee who owns flat front fire door requiring works to be fire compliant
• Warning letter to tenant of building 11 metres or above of annual check of flat fire door
• Letter to Tenant of building 11 metres & above that annual flat fire door check carried out

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