Compliance isn't a marketing claim — it's auditable. Here are the bodies that hold us to account and the standards we deliver against.
SafeContractor Approved
Alcumus SafeContractor — independently audited health & safety competence.
SafeContractor is the UK's largest health and safety contractor accreditation, operated by Alcumus and recognised by over 360 client organisations. MetroFire is annually audited against SafeContractor's stringent standards covering health and safety policy, risk assessments, method statements, insurances, training records and on-site delivery.
Annual third-party audit against SSIP-aligned criteria
Recognised on PreQual portals used by major FM and property clients
Live insurances, training records, and method statements available on request
Institute of Fire Safety Managers — the professional body for fire safety practitioners.
MetroFire is an Affiliate member of the Institute of Fire Safety Managers (IFSM), the UK's leading professional institute for fire safety managers and risk assessors. The IFSM administers the NFRAR (National Fire Risk Assessors Register) and sets the competency expectations for individual practitioners.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) tracked against IFSM standards
Code of Conduct binding on all members
Direct access to IFSM technical guidance and updates
Institute of Fire Safety Managers National Fire Risk Assessors Register.
The NFRAR replaced the IFSM's Tiered Fire Risk Assessors Register in 2025 and aligns to BS 8674:2025. Registrants demonstrate competency at one of three levels — Foundation, Intermediate or Advanced — matched to building risk profile. Every registrant is subject to annual CPD audit, insurance verification, and periodic competency review.
Foundation — small offices, shops, low-risk commercial premises
Intermediate — hotels, apartment block common parts, mid-size schools, entertainment venues
Advanced — high-rise residential, healthcare, complex industrial, manufacturing, large commercial
British Standard for the competence of individual fire risk assessors.
Published by BSI in August 2025, BS 8674:2025 is the national benchmark for fire risk assessor competence. It defines what a competent assessor looks like across four dimensions — Skills, Knowledge, Experience and Behaviours (SKEB) — and sets the structure used by the NFRAR. Our assessors are trained and evaluated against the SKEB framework.
Skills — practical application of methodology in real buildings
Knowledge — fire dynamics, legislation, detection and suppression systems
Experience — verified time and tasks across the relevant building types
Behaviours — professional and ethical conduct under high-stakes decisions
UKAS-accredited third-party certification scheme for organisations delivering FRAs.
BAFE SP205 is the UKAS-accredited certification scheme for organisations that deliver life-safety Fire Risk Assessments. Version 6.0 of the scheme came into effect on 31 March 2026, raising the bar on organisational competence, technical oversight and assessor qualifications. MetroFire's processes are aligned to SP205 V6.0 and we work closely with BAFE-registered partners where third-party certified output is contractually required.
Defined competent person sign-off
Documented quality management system
Independent technical reviewer on complex assessments
Fire Door Inspection Scheme — Certificated inspectors for Regulation 10 checks.
The Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS) is a joint initiative of the BWF and Guild of Architectural Ironmongers, providing a recognised qualification for fire door inspectors. Our inspectors hold the Certificated Inspector (FDIS Cert.) qualification — the standard expected for Regulation 10 quarterly and annual checks under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022.
Quarterly flat entrance door checks in blocks above 11m
Annual common area fire door checks
Photographic asset register, gap measurements, intumescent strip inspection
Publicly Available Specifications for fire risk assessment methodology.
PAS 79-1 (non-domestic premises) and PAS 79-2 (housing) are the industry-standard methodologies for conducting and documenting fire risk assessments. Both publications give a structured format for findings, action plans and significant-findings records. We use PAS 79-aligned methodology on every FRA.
PAS 79-1:2020 — Non-domestic premises (offices, retail, industrial, healthcare, hospitality)
PAS 79-2:2020 — Housing (purpose-built blocks, HMOs, sheltered housing)
Action plan format consistent with Risk Hierarchy (Intolerable → Trivial)
British Standards we work to
BS 5839, BS 5306, BS 5266 and more — the standards behind every service.
Every active life-safety system at MetroFire is designed, installed and serviced to the relevant British Standard. We hold the published documents, train our engineers against them, and audit our visits to them.
BS 5839-1:2017+A1:2024 — Fire detection and alarm (non-domestic)
BS 5839-6:2019+A1:2020 — Fire detection and alarm (domestic)
BS 5306-3:2017 — Extinguisher commissioning and maintenance
BS 5306-8:2023 — Extinguisher selection and positioning
BS 5266-1:2016 — Emergency lighting
BS 8214:2016 — Fire door installation
BS 9999:2017 — Fire safety in design / use of buildings
BS 9991:2024 — Fire safety in residential buildings
Want the underlying documents?
We're happy to share our current SafeContractor certificate, IFSM membership confirmation, insurance schedules, training records and method statements ahead of any contract award. Email our compliance team and we'll send the pack the same day.
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Our NFRAR-registered assessors deliver BS 8674:2025-aligned fire risk assessments across London and the South East.
