The British Standards Institute (BSI) has published the long-awaited standard setting out a framework for the assessment of fire risk assessor competency.

Designed through industry-wide collaboration to reduce the variability of fire risk assessor qualifications, offer consistency across the sector, and support the professionalisation of fire risk assessors, this new standard will help to drive and improve industry-wide standards.

The publication of this standard sees the government take significant strides towards meeting one of the recommendations made in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report, namely to “establish a system of mandatory accreditation to certify the competence of fire risk assessors by setting standards for qualification and continuing professional development and such other measures as may be considered necessary or desirable”.