Open Air Fire Safety Advice
If you have, own or run an open air event, you must carry out a fire risk assessment – This is the law.
This applies to theme parks, zoos, music concerts, festivals, sporting events, fairgrounds, car boot sales, county fairs and other similar events.
Your Fire Risk Assessment must be carried out by your Responsible Person such as employers, managers, organisers, occupiers and owners of open air events and venues.,
You can also employ a professional Fire Risk Assessor to do the assessment for you.
A fire risk assessment is an assessment of the possible fire risks for your open air event or venue and what can be done to remove or reduce them. You must record the required information and keep it up to date.
Every open air event or venue has a legal responsibility to do and maintain a fire risk assessment. It is there to help keep you, your customers, visitors, staff, public and venue safe from fire. Responsible persons may wish to carry out the fire risk assessment for less complex events or venues.
Alternatively, or for complex premises, advice should be sought from a competent person.
The Government produces a guide which tells you how to carry out a fire risk assessment and is particularly useful for employers, managers, organisers, occupiers and owners of such events and venues.
Taken from KFRS website
