The London Fire Brigade has urged private landlords to take advantage
of a new guide issued by the National Landlords Association (NLA).
The Association’s ‘Fire Safety Logbook’ will help landlords to protect
their tenants and ensure they don’t fall foul of fire safety laws, the
London Fire Brigade has said.
The guide is aimed predominantly at small private landlords and
provides a fire safety check list and a year long planner for mandatory
checks on essential fire safety equipment such as smoke detectors,
extinguishers and emergency lighting.
It also allows landlords to record fires, false alarms and defects to any fire safety equipment.
Neil Orbell, The London Fire Brigade’s Assistant Commissioner for Fire
Safety Regulation, commented: “Making sure that landlords understand
their fire safety responsibilities is a priority for the Brigade and the
NLA’s new fire safety log book will allow them to keep a record of
their fire safety precautions in one document. It will also allow them
to demonstrate to fire safety regulators and enforcers that they have
the correct measures in place to control fire risks within their
properties.
“We would also like to see local authority staff, such as environmental
health and housing officers, promote the guide to the landlords that
they regularly liaise with.”
This year’s National HMO Network Conference, which takes places this Friday (27th
February) will be hosted at London Fire Brigade Headquarters and will
be attended by landlords and landlord associations from all over the UK.
The NLA’s Logbook, which has been reviewed by the London Fire Brigade, can be downloaded here.
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