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Business and landlords

In this section, you'll find information for businesses and landlords around meeting fire safety obligations. This includes fire safety checklists, information about fire alarms, and tips for building and designing for fire safety.

Fire safety obligations for businesses

  • Business fire safety checklist
  • Evacuation schemes
  • Previous evacuation schemes updates

Fire safety obligations for landlords

  • Landlord's fire safety checklist

Building and designing for fire safety

Guidelines around designing and building property to ensure it is fire safe.

  • Owner responsibilities
  • Fire Engineering Unit
  • Lifetime of a building
  • Fire safety regulatory framework
  • Fire engineering brief
  • Building consents
  • Firefighting water
  • Installing home sprinkler systems
  • Building visits
  • Designers guide to firefighting operations
  • Approved alternative solutions

Online services: business evacuation schemes

Apply for or maintain an evacuation scheme, view examples of completed schemes, and download printable forms

Fire alarms

Information about automatic fire alarm connections, preventing false alarms and false alarm fines.

  • Automatic fire alarm connection
  • Preventing unwanted alarms

Protecting your business or property

Tips for protecting your property from rubbish fires and arson attacks.

  • Commercial use of fire extinguishers
  • Preventing rubbish fires
  • Reducing arson

Employers of volunteers

Employers of our volunteers are an essential part of the support crew.

  • Recognising employers
  • What's involved
  • Our 'Proud Employer' mark
  • Join our support crew
  • Employers of Fire and Emergency volunteers database

Fireworks and pyrotechnic displays

  • Fireworks and pyrotechnic displays

Heads up

Key learning taken from these various investigations are compiled and published in our "Heads Up" reports.

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