Tag: record-keeping

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The street front of a red sandstone tenement in Scotland at dusk, with lamps lit in the bay windows, a dark green entrance door under an arched fanlight and a wet pavement in front

20 October 2026 · 5 min read

Fire Risk Assessments in Scotland: What the Law Requires

Scotland has its own fire safety law, and it differs from England's on records, flats and who holds the duty.

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A fire risk assessor holding a tablet with a fire risk assessment app open in the shared kitchen of a house in multiple occupation, with the cooker, sink and worktop in view

9 October 2026 · 6 min read

Fire Risk Assessment Software: What Actually Matters

Every building is different. The right software writes each report to match.

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An archive room lined with colour-coded lever-arch files, with two versions of a bound fire risk assessment report, an open handwritten site notebook and a clipped stack of site photographs on the desk

28 September 2026 · 7 min read

Fire Risk Assessment Audit Trail: What the Trail of Records Must Show

What a fire risk assessor's audit trail must capture, why excluded questions need written reasons, and how a report is amended after sign-off.

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A fire risk assessor documenting findings on a tablet inside a commercial building

23 June 2026 · 7 min read

Fire Safety Record Keeping: Why Your Audit Trail Matters

Since October 2023, every fire risk assessment must be recorded in full. What you must document, how long to keep records, and why the trail protects you.

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