Is Your Fire Safety Strategy Future Proof? Planning for Occupancy and Building Changes

Why Fire Strategies Must Evolve

The way a building is used today may not reflect how it is used next year and your fire strategy needs to evolve with it. Too often, fire safety documentation is created during design or handover and then forgotten. But when layouts, occupancies or tenancy types change, your fire strategy may no longer reflect the reality on site. 

The Risks of Sticking With Old Assumptions

We frequently see buildings where:

• Offices have been converted to co working or residential use

• Access routes have changed due to renovations or tenant upgrades

• Additional floor space has been created with mezzanines or extensions

• Fire systems have been altered without updating the strategy

All these changes impact evacuation plans, compartmentation and fire detection or suppression systems. Without an updated fire strategy, gaps in protection and compliance quickly appear and they may go unnoticed until it is too late. 

When Should You Review Your Fire Strategy?

• After significant building works

• When a new tenant or business type moves in

• Following changes to occupancy levels

• If a fire risk assessment flags new hazards

We work with building owners, FM teams and managing agents to conduct fire strategy reviews that are practical, risk driven and compliant with current guidelines. We don’t just reissue old documents, we reassess your layout, use and protective measures to give you a strategy that works now and into the future.

Is your fire strategy keeping up with how your building is used? Contact PyroActive today for a future proofed approach to fire safety.