UNDERSTAND FIRE SAFETY
Which laws bite, and which don't
The duties depend on how tall your building is, how many homes are in it, and how it is meant to be evacuated. Pick the closest match and see what applies, what does not, and what hangs on the detail.
THE POINT
Not every rule applies to every building
A lot of fire safety anxiety comes from assuming every duty applies to you. Most do not. The big thresholds are 11 metres and 18 metres, plus a separate test of 7 storeys, and they switch different duties on and off.
This will not replace proper advice on your specific building, but it will show you the shape of it: roughly what bites, what does not, and where the answer depends on a detail worth checking.
YOUR BUILDING
Pick the closest match
Pick the building above that most resembles yours, and see what the law asks of it.
This shows the typical position by building height and type. It is a general indication, not a determination for your specific building, and the exact answer can turn on how height and storeys are measured and how the building is evacuated. Get it confirmed properly. Terms.
WORTH KNOWING
The detail is where it turns
Height is measured in a specific way, storeys are counted in a specific way, and a building on simultaneous evacuation carries duties a stay put building does not. Small facts move a building across a threshold.
If you want to pin down whether yours is a higher-risk building, the checker does that in a minute. And to see which of these duties are hard law and which are guidance, the law vs guidance page lays it out.
Want this confirmed for your actual building?
Tell us the height, the storeys and how it is used, and we will tell you exactly which duties you carry and what is outstanding.