When a planning application is submitted to the local Planning Department the Fire Service are consulted and where relevant, invited to make comment on the appropriate
fire safety requirements for the application.

The Fire Safety Guidance for Commercial and Domestic Planning Applications handbook, available for download, provides an easy reference guide to the requirements and recommendations of Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.

This reference guide is designed to provide general information and guidance in relation to your application. However, in some circumstances the minimum requirements of the building regulations may not be sufficient to meet the fire risk profile of the building (i.e. where the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety Order) 2005 applies).

Aims and objectives

The aims and objectives of this policy are to:

• Reduce the number of UwFS by requiring the design, installation, commissioning and testing and maintenance of fire alarm systems to be carried out by competent persons in accordance with the appropriate standards.
• Reduce the impact on businesses from UwFS.
• Improve liaison with the Business Fire Safety (BFS) Department to ensure that at audit the ‘Responsible Person’ as defined under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRO) is made aware of their duty to take overall responsibility for the performance of the fire alarm system.
• Improve the fire safety management of premises by promoting the appropriate management of automatic fire alarms (AFAs), i.e. call delay, on- site call filtering.
• Reduce UwFS to increase occupier’s confidence in fire alarm systems and to avoid complacency.
• Monitor the performance of fire alarm systems.
• Liaise with Fire Alarm Monitoring Organisations (FAMOs) to improve false alarm...
  
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