The Fire Safety law changed in October 2006. This will affect every accommodation provider in Britain.  The biggest impact of this is for those not previously affected by the old legislation such as self catering properties and small guest houses or B&B operations.

We are aware that there is a hug difference in the interpretation by fire officers on a local basis and we are doing our best at the moment to try and get a definitive answer from someone at Government level.  In the meantime if you have had an inspection from a fire officer - how did it go?  We'd love to hear your experiences (good or bad), please email us with any feedback.

For further information please click on the overview below.

Overview on Fire Safety Regulations (PDF - 24KB )

For information in England and Wales please refer to the communities and local government website.

For information in Scotland please refer to www.infoscotland.com/firelaw

You will need Acrobat Reader to view this document, to download, go to www.adobe.co.uk.  Word documents and other formats are available on request to the Quality team on QAD@visitbritain.org