Fire Risk Assessments for Government Office Buildings

Summary

The requester asked for the most recent fire risk assessments for six specific government office buildings on the Isle of Man. The Department of Infrastructure provided assessments for four buildings but confirmed they do not hold records for the Registry Building and Thie Slieu Whallian.

Key Facts

• Fire Risk Assessments were provided for Murray House, Markwell House, Central Government Offices, and Illiam Dhone House.
• The authority does not hold Fire Risk Assessments for the Registry Building or Thie Slieu Whallian.
• Attached documents include remedial works outlines and relevant actions for the buildings where assessments exist.
• The Department is currently reprocuring refresher surveys to reflect current building positions.
• The provided reports cover building fabric and common areas, while occupants are responsible for operational assessments of their specific areas.

Data Disclosed

• 4183365
• 2024-10-09
• 2024-11-07
• 5 November 2024
• IM1 2RF
• (01624) 686785
• Freedom of Information Act 2015

Original Request

Dear Sir/Madam Please supply if available the most recent fire risk assessments for government office buildings. Thank you

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

Contact: FOI Response Team Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: dpo-doi@gov.im

Our ref: 4183365 5 November 2024

Dear ###

We write further to your request, received 9 October 2024, which states:

"Dear Sir/Madam

Please supply if available the most recent fire risk assessments for government office buildings. In particular:

Murray House Markwell House Central Government Offices (Bucks Road) Registry Building Illiam Dhone House Thie Slieu Whallian

Thank you"

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find some of the information that you have requested. In particular, we currently do not hold Fire Risk Assessments (FRA’s) for the Registry Building or Thie Slieu Whallian.

Please see attached copies of the FRA’s for the buildings listed above, which the department currently hold. In addition to this we have attached a copy of the remedial works outlined in the reports and the relevant actions associated to each building. The Department is currently in the process of reprocuring refresher surveys to reflect the current position within each building. It is to be noted that these reports only consider the fabric of the building and the common areas, the occupants within the buildings are responsible for the operational assessment of the area they occupy.

Please quote the reference number 4183365 in any future communications.

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