Fire safety in the workplace

You're responsible for fire safety in business or other non-domestic premises if you're:

• an employer
• the owner
• the landlord
• an occupier
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• anyone else with control of the premises, for example a facilities manager, building manager, managing agent or risk assessor

You're known as the 'responsible person'. If there's more than one responsible person, you have to work together to meet your responsibilities.

The Fire Safety Order also applies if you have paying guests, for example if you run a bed and breakfast, guesthouse or let a self-catering property.