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Management Systems · BS 9997:2019 Fire Risk Management Systems

A British Standard that sets requirements for a fire risk management system, giving the people responsible for fire safety a structured, auditable way to manage it across buildings and sites.
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Issued by

BSI (British Standards Institution)

Typical timeline

8-14 weeks

Assessed by

Certification body

Validity

Certified, with annual surveillance

Overview

  • 01Property, housing and facilities management organizations
  • 02Healthcare, education and hospitality estates
  • 03Responsible persons for fire safety across multiple sites

Requirements

  1. 01Fire safety policy & rolesLeadership commitment and clearly assigned fire safety responsibilities.
  2. 02Fire risk assessmentSuitable and sufficient fire risk assessments, kept under review.
  3. 03Operational controlsMaintenance of fire protection systems, evacuation strategy and emergency plans.
  4. 04Competence & reviewTraining, monitoring, internal audit and management review of fire safety performance.

Our approach

Week 1

01

Scope

We learn your product, your buyers and your deadlines, then fix the exact frameworks, boundaries and systems in scope.

Weeks 2-3

02

Assess

Control-by-control gap assessment against every target framework at once, with a single prioritized findings register.

Weeks 3-10

03

Remediate

Policies written, controls implemented, evidence automated. We work inside your tools, Jira, GitHub, AWS, Google Workspace.

Weeks 10-14

04

Audit

Mock audit, auditor selection and fieldwork coordination. Your independent auditor issues the report; we sit beside you until they do.

Year-round

05

Sustain

Continuous monitoring, quarterly testing and a renewal calendar that never surprises you.

FAQ

Typical timeline: 8-14 weeks, depending on scope, maturity and team availability. We'll give you a firm plan after a two-week scoping and gap assessment.

Yes, that's our specialty. BS 9997 shares substantial control overlap with ISO 45001 and ISO 41001, so we build one control set and map evidence across all of them.

Next framework

ISO 15489-1

Records & Secure HandlingISO

End of the thread

A 30-minute call with a senior practitioner. You leave with a plan either way.

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We handle audit readiness and auditor coordination. Your SOC reports and ISO certificates are always issued by independent, accredited auditors.

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