Where the people at risk are asleep.
Fire doors, night staff and showers that sit idle all winter. The checks a hotel or B&B can’t skip, sent to whoever’s on, with a record of every one.
Most B&Bs are on Small, £19 a month. Hotels with function rooms are usually Standard, £29, or Large, £99, from 800 people.
- Fire alarm testweeklyDue today
- Flush little-used outletsweeklyDone Tuesday
- Fire door checkquarterlyDue Thursday
- Gas safety certificateyearlyCurrent
- Lift examination (LOLER)six-monthlyDue in January
- Fire procedureread by night staff4 of 6
Sound familiar?
- The night porter started last week. Has anyone shown him the plan?
- Room 12’s shower hasn’t run since October.
- The fire risk assessment says doors are checked monthly. Where’s the record?
- The insurer wants the gas and electrical certificates. Again.
None of it is anyone’s fault. It’s what happens when the records live in drawers, inboxes and people’s heads.
Everything your building has to keep
Set up from a few questions about your building, so you start with the right list and nothing you don’t need.
- Fire risk assessmentfor sleeping accommodation
- Fire alarm testevery week
- Emergency lightingmonthly test, yearly full test
- Fire doorschecked on a schedule
- Gas safety checkevery year
- Legionellarisk assessment and weekly flushing
- Electrical inspection (EICR)every five years
- Portable appliancestested every year
- Lift examinationevery six months, if you have one
- Food hygiene recordsif you serve food
Intervals are common practice. Where your own fire risk assessment says otherwise, it takes precedence.
How it works for hotels and b&bs
Whoever’s on gets the check
Logged from their phone, approved by a manager, kept forever.
Night and weekend staff are briefed
They confirm the fire procedure on their phone, with questions that check it went in.
Ready when the fire officer calls
Every record dated, in one link or one PDF for the fire service or the insurer.
- Raise the alarm at the nearest call point.
- Guests out by the main stairs.
- Meet in the front car park.
Bar, restaurant and conference suite, all at once.
Hotels are a listed use, so it comes down to the number: everyone who could be there at the same time, staff included. Most B&Bs are well under 200 people. Hotels with function rooms often aren’t.
Questions we hear
We’re a three-room B&B. Is this too much?
Small is £19 a month and covers what a guest house needs: fire, gas, water and the rest, and nothing it doesn’t.
Our staff work shifts and change often.
Each check has a named person, and new staff confirm the procedures on their phone before their first shift.
We have more than one property.
Give each manager their own building. You see them all, each priced on its own size.
Is our data safe?
Held in London, private to the people you add, and you can download all of it at any time.
Most B&Bs are on Small, £19 a month. Hotels with function rooms are usually Standard, £29, or Large, £99, from 800 people.
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