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”.

Maintenance Spotlight:

Dual fire extinguisher and fire detection and alarm system servicing and maintenance

Case Study: Metal Doorsets for SEND school

Customer requirement

Following our customers fire risk assessment, a  Special Educational Needs and Disabilities school in Reading, they approached  RES Fire for a quotation to install five fire rated metal doorsets for various  plant and caretaker locations around the site.

Made To Measure

Accurate dimensions were taken by RES for each door and a custom order was put together which specified the door colour, fire rating and any specific order requirements such as louvred panels.  The doors ordered were specified as FD60: 1 hour fire rated, certified by Warrington – Certifire.

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METAL DOORS

ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS

CCTV

INTRUDER ALARMS

KEY HOLDING & RESPONSE

REMOTE MONITORING

Congratulations to Johnny Adey TechIFSM who is now Managing Director of RES having taken over from Stephen Flint in September 2025.

Johnny has worked in the fire industry for over 24 years, 21 years with RES and is a member of the Institute for Fire Safety Managers. Johnny holds key certifications for fire detection and alarm systems, emergency lighting, smoke control systems and portable fire equipment  and has led the way for all our trainee engineers over the years with our dual extinguisher and alarm engineer training programme.

“The qualifications and ultimately the experience Johnny has acquired over the years, together with his work ethic made him the ideal person to take on the day to day responsibility of running RES. As a company RES has steadily evolved over the last 40 years and now with security services available to customers, under Johnny’s leadership RES FIRE & SECURITY will continue to evolve and grow.” Stephen - Founder & CEO.

“I started RES FIRE in February 2016 and qualified as a BAFE registered fire extinguisher technician in 2017. Then further progressing my career in 2020, passing the FIA fire detection and alarm systems courses. After that I focused on completing the emergency lighting, electrical competency and aov manufacturers courses.

Becoming a dual engineer was a very important step in my journey at RES FIRE. This means I can provide customers with a professional service of fire safety at all angles.

Next year marks 10 years at RES FIRE. I look forward to expanding my knowledge within fire safety and continuing to support our new trainees.”