The Bison at-a-glance guide to keeping your premises safe and compliant. This week: It’s Bonfire Night on November 5 – but here’s how to avoid the terrible damage unplanned fires can cause to your business, your staff and your tenants.

1. Whether you’re an employer or a landlord, you have responsibilities when it comes to fire risk.

2. Fire kills – but it also smashes businesses. Fire brigades reckon a QUARTER of businesses who have a blaze never recover.

3. More than 280 people died in fires in 2025, and over 6,800 were hurt. And that’s an increase on the year before.

4. Businesses who have fires struggle with damaged buildings, lost data and the costs of temporary accommodation.

5. Regular Fire Risk Assessments are obligatory if you are responsible for a workplace, commercial premises or have tenants.

6. Regulations are slightly different if you operate in Scotland.

7. Bison Assist are one of the leading companies carrying out Fire Risk Assessments in the UK.

8. Fire Risk Assessments can be carried out in the same visit as other necessary checks for Legionella, Health and Safety, and Disability Access.

9. It’s great to have solid policies and procedures, but your organisation also needs to demonstrate that you abide by them every day.

10. Fire safety is everyone’s responsibility. Make sure your employees, visitors and tenants know how to flag up any potential risks they see.

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