Fire-safety guidance & product news.
Practical guidance on UK fire safety, regulation updates, and what we're building at Assura Safety.
New pricing: pay as you go, and subscriptions that actually save you money
You asked for a way to pay per report rather than per seat, so we built one — from £12 a report, with your first one free. And we have cut subscription prices so that "subscribe and save" is true from about eight reports a month.
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How to become a fire risk assessor in the UK: qualifications, competence levels and registers
There is no licence for fire risk assessors, which is exactly why the route in is confusing. What "competent" means in law, the three BS 8674 levels, the qualifications that map to them, and which registers clients actually ask for.
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Fire risk assessment software: an honest UK comparison
Seven tools rank for "fire risk assessment software" and four of them are not built for assessors. A straight comparison of what each one is for, what it costs, and where ours loses.
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PAS 79 fire risk assessment software: what to look for
What PAS 79 actually requires, why PAS 79-1 and PAS 79-2 are no longer the same story, and how to judge whether fire risk assessment software really follows the methodology.
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BS 9792:2025 — the biggest changes to residential fire risk assessments
BS 9792:2025 replaces PAS 79-2 for housing fire risk assessments. Which standard applies to which building, the Type 1 to 4 assessment types it formalises, and what changed in practice.
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Building Safety Act–aware: HRB questions that appear automatically
Assura Safety now surfaces high-rise-specific questions automatically when a building is identified as a high-rise residential building — so you always assess against the right requirements.
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The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: a plain-English guide for responsible persons
What the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 introduced, who they apply to, and the practical duties responsible persons need to keep on top of.
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Who is the 'responsible person' under the Fire Safety Order?
The Fire Safety Order places legal duties on the 'responsible person'. Here's who that is in workplaces and residential buildings, and what they're required to do.
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How to write a fire risk assessment: a step-by-step guide
A practical walk-through of the five-step fire risk assessment process — from identifying hazards to recording findings and reviewing — for UK premises.
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The Building Safety Act 2022 and high-rise residential buildings
What the Building Safety Act 2022 introduced for higher-risk buildings — the Building Safety Regulator, accountable persons, safety cases and the golden thread — and what it means for fire risk assessments.
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Why we're building Assura Safety
Fire risk assessments protect people, yet most of the tooling hasn't kept pace. Here's the problem we kept seeing, and what we're building to fix it.
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