Advice for businesses

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is committed to helping all businesses in the county by providing advice and information on fire safety issues and legislation. We also run a range of courses at our FireFocus training centre designed to help businesses protect their staff and premises from fire and meet their legal safety requirements.

False fire alarms
We have made an important change to our policy on how we respond to automatic fire alarms which every local business should be aware of.

Legislation explained
Take a look at our guide to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, as well as licensing, fireworks and explosives legislation.

Advice
Do you need emergency lighting? Have you got the right fire extinguishers? Find out everything a business needs to know about fire safety requirements.

How we work
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service believe that our policies and procedures should be readily available to the people we interact with. We want to help and encourage you to understand our requirements.

Frequently asked questions
How do I carry out a fire risk assessment? Will the Fire Service inspect my premises? We help answer your queries.

Advice for employees
Ensure that the safety of you and your colleagues is being adequately protected by taking a look at our fire safety advice for employees.

Good Guy - Responsible Retailer Scheme
The Good Guy scheme is aimed at firework retailers. It’s run by your local Trading Standards Authority, Greater Manchester Police and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service to reduce the anti-social use and abuse of fireworks.

Training courses
We can provide you and your staff with expert training on everything from supervising fire drills to using a fire extinguisher with our variety of courses .

Need more information?
From shops to offices and hotels to factories, download useful fire safety guides produced for different businesses by Communities and Local Government or take a look at www.fire.gov.uk/Workplace+safety for more information about legislation, licences for fireworks and petroleum, and workplace safety.