HHSRS VERSION 2

Multiple locations

Secondary hazards

Yes

No

Yes

No

HHSRS VERSION 2

SEPTEMBER 2004

FIRE

Vulnerable group

Persons aged 60 years or over

Related hazards

Hot surfaces etc

A) Kitchen area of main room

A) Detail of hob

A) Plan

Front elevation

front flat

door

to flat

d

sink

washing machine

kitchen area

hob b

DESCRIPTION OF HAZARD/S

Dwelling:

Ground floor rear bedsit in 1900s end-terraced

drawers

house (HMO)

Background : The house was poorly converted to flats and bedsits around 15 years ago. This flat comprises a

bedroom and a kitchen/diner. Personal washing and sanitary accommodation are shared with three other lettings. The

main photograph shows the kitchen area to the flat.

A)

Gas hob: The only means of cooking is a gas hob resting on top of the washing machine placed in the corner of

the room. There is no smoke/heat detector in the flat but one in the common hall from which the flat is entered.

The flat also has direct access to the rear garden through a door in the bedroom.

LIST OF RELEVANT MATTERS

LIKELIHOOD

A

a

Heater/cooker position

3

b

Space heating

-

c

Defects to heating

3

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

2

n

Fire fighting equipment

1

o

Lightning protection system

-

OUTCOMES

A

a

Smoke/heat detectors

2

b

Combustible furnishings

-

c

Means of escape

-

d

Fire fighting equipment

3

e

Lighting protection system

-

# Secondary hazards

-

None

Key

3

2

1

-

A

-

Seriously defective

Defective

Not satisfactory

Satisfactory/NA

Score:

63

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

100

LIKELIHOOD

Average:

Low

High

1681

100

4200 2400 1300 750 420 240 130

75

42

24

13

7.5

4

2.5

1.5

Justification

OUTCOMES

Class I

Class II

Class III

Class IV

Justification

RATING

Ground floor rear dwelling: The siting of the gas hob directly on the washing machine,

without any fixing or intervening heat insulation, the loose gas pipe and its position in the

extreme corner of the room, close to wooden kitchen fittings, presents a fire risk

substantially above the average for pre 1920 flats .

%

Average: 5.6 Example

10.0

0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

38

Av: 0.0

0.2

0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

38

Av: 27.7

46.4

0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

38

Av: 66.7

43.4

0.05 0.15 0.3

0.7

1.5

3

7

15

26

38

10.0

0.2

46.4

43.4

The flat has good means of escape; the kitchen/diner has direct access to the front door

via the hall, while the bedroom contains a door to the garden.

Consequently,

notwithstanding the lack of a smoke/heat detector in the flat (there is a battery operated

one in the hall), the spread of harms is judged to be very only a little greater than

average.

Example

A B C D E

Aversage: 39

F G H

I

J

Score:

1145

RATING SCORES AFTER IMPROVEMENT

IMPROVE

Justification

NEW RATING

Av: Nos

Likelihood to

1 in 1,800

Outcomes to

10.0 0.0 46.4 43.6 %

Despite the flat being in a multi-occupied building, the provision of a proper cooker unit

located in a safe position in the room would reduce the risk of fire to near average for this

age of dwelling (1 in 1,800) and thereby reduce the rating to band G.

Improved

A B C D E F G H

I

J