Business Continuity & Fire Safety
When a fire occurs in a business, it can have a major impact on its business continuity. Not only can the building suffer property damage, it can impact your stock, IT systems, machinery, insurance, and your wider reputation. Ultimately, it can affect the employment of your employees and even the viability of the business to continue operating.
Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service have a team of Fire Safety inspectors, who want businesses to stay in business and promote and regulate fire safety compliance within businesses by conducting inspections.
Almost 1 in 5 businesses suffer some sort of disruption every year, be it fire, flood or other emergency.
Some business disaster statistics:
- 25% of businesses never re-open
- 80% of companies who don’t recover in a month are likely to go out of business
- 43% of fire losses are to building damage
- 25% of fire losses are to lost sales and contents damage
- 75% of businesses without Business Continuity plans fail within 3 years.
Since 2023 – all businesses, regardless of how many people they employ must have a complete written fire risk assessment to record and identify fire risks.
Follow the links below to find further helpful advice about how reduce the risk of fires occurring in your business, understand the legal responsibilities of businesses and what a fire safety inspection includes:
General Business Fire Safety | Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service
Regulations for Businesses | Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service
Fire Safety Inspections | Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service
Download our Fire Safety Advice for Businesses leaflet to find out how you can better protect your business