HHSRS VERSION 2

FIRE

Vulnerable group:

Persons aged 60 years or over

Related hazards:

None

Front elevation

Closer view of main windows

HHSRS VERSION 2

SEPTEMBER 2004

Yes

Yes

No

No

Multiple locations

Secondary hazards

Rear elevation

Dwelling: First floor front left bedsit, in a 1900, three storey, terraced HMO.

DESCRIPTION OF HAZARDS

Background: There are six bedsits in the house; 2 to each floor. There is a common combined

bathroom/wc to the first floor and a common kicthen to the ground floor. There is a whb (with h&c) and a

micro-wave cooker to each bedsit. Space heating is by fitted gas fires to each bedsit.

A)

Fire Precautions and Means of Escape: All internal doors are standard panel doors. The

staircase is not enclosed. There are no smoke or heat detectors and no fire alarms. Three fire

extinguishers (water) are provided, one to each floor. The electric wiring appears to have been

adapted, but not to current standards.

LIST OF RELEVANT MATTERS

LIKELIHOOD

OUTCOMES

-

1

-

-

3

3

3

3

-

-

3

3

3

2

-

a

Smoke/heat detectors

3

b

Means of escape

3

c

Combustible furnishings

-

d

Fire fighting equipment

2

e

Lighting protection system

-

# Secondary hazards

-

None

-

Key

3

Seriously defective

2

Defective

1

Not satisfactory

-

Satisfactory/NA

a

Heater/cooker position

b

Space heating

c

Defects to heating

d

Clothes drying facilities

e

Number/siting of sockets

f

Electrical installation

g

Non-fire resistant fabric

h

Smoke permeable fabric

I

Fire stops to cavities

J

Disrepair to fabric

k

Internal doors

l

Self-closers

m

Smoke/heat detectors

n

Fire fighting equipment

o

Lightning protection system

204

Score

Average likelihood, outcomes and HHSRS score for risk of fire for persons aged 60 years

or more in pre-1920 or all flats, 1997-99.

HHSRS VERSION 2

SEPTEMBER 2004

HEALTH AND SAFETY RATING SYSTEM SCORES

Pre 1920 non s.c. Flat

1 in

56

LIKELIHOOD

Low

High

Average:1681

Example

56

2400 1300 750 420 240 130

75

42

24

13

7.5

4

2.5

1.5 >

First floor front dwelling: The condition of the dwelling, the common parts and house

as a whole indicate a significant increase in the likelihood of fire starting either within

this dwelling or in other parts of the house. The lack of precautions and adaptations

mean a fire can spread easily throughout the house wherever it started. Inadequate fire

fighting equipment means there is little chance of limiting a fire.

%

< 4200

Justification

OUTCOMES

Class I

Class II

Class III

21.5

38 >

0.5

Average: 5.6

Example

21.5

< 0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

Av: 0.0

0.5

< 0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

Av: 27.7

< 0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

< 0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

38 >

46.4

38 >

Av: 66.7

31.6

38 >

46.4

31.6

Class IV

Justification

RATING

The lack of detectors and alarms, and the lack of safe means of escape, substantially

increases the risk of fatal, severe and serious outcomes occuring as a result of a fire.

Example

Average: 39

A B C D E F G H

I

J

4102

Score

RATING SCORES AFTER IMPROVEMENT

IMPROVE

Justification

NEW RATING

Av: Nos

Likelihood to

1 in

560

Outcomes to

10.0 0.0 46.4 43.6 %

Major works are necessary to reduce both the likelhood and the seriousness of the

outcomes. These would include electrical rewiring, installation of fire doors and a

protected means of escape, a fire detector and alarm system and fire fighting

equipment. Even so, as a house in multiple occupation, the fire risk will be higher than

for a single household occupied house.

Improved

Av: 53

A B C D E- F G H

I

J