Applies to
Multi-occupied residential buildings in England with 2 or more domestic premises and common parts; additional duties apply above 11m and at 18m / 7 storeys or higher.
Responsible party
The Responsible Person
Key focus
Fire safety, resident information and ongoing fire safety checks.
What is this regulation?
The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 place additional legal duties on the Responsible Person for multi-occupied residential buildings in England. They are designed to improve fire safety by ensuring residents and fire and rescue services have access to key fire safety information, and that important building safety features are regularly checked and maintained.
The regulations apply to buildings in England that contain two or more domestic premises and have common parts used for evacuation. Some duties apply to all such buildings, while additional requirements apply to buildings over 11m and high-rise residential buildings of 18m / 7 storeys or more.
What this means in practice
Clearer fire safety information
Responsible Persons must keep key fire safety information organised and available for residents and fire and rescue services.
Regular safety checks
Important fire safety systems, such as fire doors, lifts and fire-fighting equipment, must be checked and any issues identified.
Greater resident awareness
Residents must be given relevant fire safety instructions and information so they understand how to reduce risk and respond in an emergency.
If the Regulations apply, you must make sure the correct fire safety information, checks and records are in place for your building.
For all applicable residential buildings, you must:
- Provide residents with clear fire safety instructions.
- Tell residents what to do if there is a fire.
- Explain how residents can report fire safety concerns.
- Share information about the importance of fire doors.
- Keep key fire safety information accurate and up to date.
For buildings over 11 metres, you must also:
- Check communal fire doors at least every 3 months.
- Check flat entrance doors at least once every 12 months.
- Record any issues found during checks.
- Arrange repairs or further action where needed.
For high-rise buildings — 18m / 7 storeys or higher, you must also:
- Provide the fire and rescue service with up-to-date building plans.
- Provide information about the external wall system.
- Install and maintain clear wayfinding signage.
- Provide a secure information box for emergency responders.
- Check lifts and essential fire-fighting equipment every month.
- Report relevant faults to the fire and rescue service where equipment is unavailable for more than 24 hours.
To stay compliant, you should:
- Keep a clear record of checks, faults and actions taken.
- Review information when the building changes.
- Make sure residents and emergency services can access the information they need.
How The Building Safety Register Helps
For the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, our platform helps you store, manage, review and evidence the key information required for compliance, including resident fire safety information, fire door records, building and floor plans, external wall information, secure information box records, wayfinding signage evidence, lift and fire-fighting equipment checks, fault reporting, maintenance actions and review dates.
Resident information support
Manage fire safety instructions and communications for residents.
Evidence ongoing compliance
Record checks, faults, actions and review dates. Ready to evidence compliance when required from one secure place
Golden thread management
Store, organise and maintain key fire safety information in one secure place.
Fire safety duty oversight
Track building plans, equipment checks, signage, fire doors and FRS information.
