764 Premises Non-Compliant in Scottish Fire Safety Audits

19th September 2013

The Scottish Government has published data on Scotland’s eight Fire and Rescue Services.

Scotland’s Fire and Rescue Services completed 7,994 fire safety audits in 2012-13, an increase on previous years, representing 6% of known non-domestic premises.

Over this period, 71% of known care homes were audited – the highest proportion of any type of premises inspected.

A total of 764 premises were found to be non-compliant with fire safety legislation on the initial visit. Of these, 43 were issued with an enforcement notice and 22 with prohibition notices. The largest number (19) of enforcement notices were issued against hotels.

In all, 22 prohibition notices were issued, with the largest number (10) being issued against shops.

The findings show that more than 20% of audits in care homes, hospitals, hostels and other sleeping accommodation put them in the ‘above average’ risk category.

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