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S156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 has amended the FSO 2005 as of 1 October. I am interested in how people are addressing the new requirement at 21A 3(A) to: "give residents of the domestic premises comprehensible and relevant information about the relevant fire safety matters. The fire safety matter at 3(A) is "the risks to residents of the domestic premises identified by the risk assessment" I work with an organisation that provides supported housing and many of the tenants are vulnerable or have learning disabilities. I am concerned that a serious finding in an FRA that increased the assessed risk to say, substantial would cause undue alarm and concern to such residents if it is communicated to them. I'd welcome thoughts on this new legal requirement. Building Safety Act 2022 (legislation.gov.uk)

All, I am struggling to identify a provider of Type 2 fire risk assessments for a project in north west England. If anyone could signpost me to one or more providers, this would be appreciated.

I've surveyed a couple of properties this morning which are refurbishment projects of flats within three storey Edwardian properties. The flats include some bedsits with kitchen and bed space in the same room, some with poor layouts i.e. with the kitchen area closest to the flat exit door. The properties have a Grade A LD1 alarm system with a simultaneous evacuation policy. The bedsits are fitted with heat detectors in one property and multi-sensor detectors in the other sited in the kitchen area of the room. My concern is about occupants smoking in bed and the risk from a smouldering fire with a relatively slow activation of the heat detector or multi-sensor programmed more towards heat. I'd be interested in views as to how to address this? I've seen non-interlinked stand-alone (10 year battery) type smoke detectors over the bed recommended. What do others think?