Free tools and templates
Work out where you stand, then keep the records.
Six tools that run in your browser and seven printable templates. Nothing is stored, no account is needed and no email is asked for.
Tools
Scope check
Four questions, about a minute. Whether Martyn's Law applies to your premises, which tier, and what that tier asks of you.
Martyn's LawCapacity calculator
Capacity is the legal test and most venues get it wrong. Add your spaces and your people and see the figure that counts.
All safety checksSafety check planner
Tick what the building has and get every routine check it needs, how often, and who does it. Print it and pin it up.
Martyn's LawProcedure writer
Ten questions about your building, in your own words, and a first draft of all four procedures. Gaps flagged, nothing guessed.
Fire safetyFire action notice generator
The notice by every exit, with your assembly point and address filled in, ready to laminate. Plus the one-page fire safety sheet for hirers.
Hiring outHire agreement generator
Fill in the hall once and the booking each time. Numbers, deposit, insurance, alcohol, fire safety and the procedures clause, ready to sign.
Templates
Printable A4 sheets for the fire logbook and the Martyn's Law record. Free to copy and use.
Fire risk assessment checklist
The walk-round for a village hall, church or small club, in the five steps the government guide uses. Two pages, with a guide to go with it.
PDFWeekly fire alarm test log
52 weeks, one line each: date, call point tested, sounders heard, faults, initials. The first page a fire officer asks for.
PDFFire drill record
One sheet per drill: who ran it, time to clear, what went wrong, what was done, signed by a second person.
PDFEmergency lighting test log
Twelve monthly function tests and the annual full-duration test with the engineer's details.
PDFFire extinguisher monthly check log
List every extinguisher once, tick it each month, record the annual service.
PDFProcedure read register
Who has read which procedure and which version, for Martyn's Law and the fire plan.
PDFDoes Martyn's Law apply to our village hall? (one page)
The 200 test, how to count, what the standard tier asks and what to do first. For the committee pack.
Councils, parish clerks, rural community councils and dioceses are welcome to link to any of these from their own websites and member resources, or to print and hand them out. If a short description or a specific landing page would help your members, get in touch.