This guide is a supplement to be read alongside the other risk assessment guides in this series. It provides extra information on accessibility and means of escape for disabled people.

This guide gives advice about completing a fire safety risk assessment for all employers, managers, occupiers and owners of premises where the main use of the building (or part of the building) is an office or shop including:

• purpose-built or converted office blocks
• individual office or shop units which are part of other complexes (eg a shopping centre)

This guide gives advice about completing a fire safety risk assessment for all employers, managers, occupiers and owners of premises where the main use of the building (or part of the building) is a factory or warehouse including:

• large and small factories
• manufacturing warehouses
• storage warehouses
• factories with warehouses

This guide gives advice about completing a fire safety risk assessment for all employers, managers, occupiers and owners of premises where the main use of the building (or part of the building) is to provide residential care.

It is intended for non-domestic residential premises with staff in attendance at all times and where many, most or all of the residents would require carer assistance to be safe in the event of a fire (ie where residents would not be able to make their way to a place of safety unaided). These could include:

• residential and nursing homes
• rehabilitation premises providing residential treatment and care for addiction

This guide gives advice about sleeping accommodation for staff, common areas for residents and sleeping, dining or other accommodation for guests/residents including:

• the common areas of houses in multiple occupation
• the common areas of flats and maisonettes
• the common areas of sheltered accommodation where care is not provided
• bed and breakfasts, guest houses, 
• areas in work places where staff ‘sleeping in’ is a condition of the employment or a business requirement as in licensed premises or hotels

This guide is for all employers, managers, occupiers, and owners of small (accommodating up to 60 people) and medium (accommodating up to 300 people) places of assembly including:

• public houses
• clubs
• village halls and community centres
• churches and other religious centres
• marquees and tents

This guide is for all employers, head teachers, governors, vice-chancellors, occupiers and owners of premises where the main use of the building (or part of the building) is for educational purposes including:

• schools including Sunday schools and after-school clubs
• universities
• academies
• crèches
• adult education centres
• outdoor education centres
• music schools

This guide is for all employers, managers, responsible persons, occupiers and owners of premises where the main use of the building (or part of the building) is to provide healthcare including:

• hospitals
• medical centres
• other healthcare premises

This guide is for all employers, managers, occupiers and owners of large places of assembly (ie where more than 300 people could gather) including:

• sports stadia
• exhibition and conference centres
• large nightclubs
• churches, cathedrals, other places of worship
• community centres and village halls
• common areas of shopping malls
• premises that adjoin other complexes such as shopping centres