Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
England-focused reference checklist
Editorial source review: 2026-10-17
https://saeedazarshab.com/articles/england-building-regulations/fire-safety-england-regulations-2022/

INDEPENDENT GUIDANCE — not project-specific legal/design advice or a compliance certificate. Check the official current requirements and applicable transition.

Additional duties for responsible persons of relevant residential buildings in England. The requirements vary by the building: resident information, fire-door checks and high-rise information or equipment duties are not a single universal checklist. Use the official scope guidance to establish the correct obligations.

WHAT TO CHECK
[ ] Confirm responsible-person identity and classify the building using the Regulations' definitions.
[ ] Map the building-specific duties, including which height-dependent requirements actually apply.
[ ] Provide required resident fire instructions and fire-door information in an understandable format.
[ ] Arrange applicable checks by appropriate people and track defects and required notifications.
[ ] Maintain and update required plans, equipment information and fire-service access arrangements.

RECORDS TO KEEP
- Applicability assessment and a dated schedule of required checks.
- Resident communications, access attempts, inspection results and defect close-outs.
- Required plans, information-box contents and fire-service submissions where applicable.

WHEN TO GET SPECIALIST HELP
Ask a competent fire-safety adviser about uncertain scope, inaccessible doors or safety-critical defects; use the prescribed notification route where a reporting duty applies.

SCOPE AND EDITION
Sources reviewed 17 October 2026. The instrument extends to England and Wales but applies in England only. Check current definitions and schedules before adopting any inspection frequency or height threshold.

OFFICIAL SOURCES
Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 — legislation
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/547/contents

Fire Safety (England) Regulations: official fact sheets
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-england-regulations-2022

Check your fire safety responsibilities
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/check-your-fire-safety-responsibilities-under-the-fire-safety-england-regulations-2022/check-your-fire-safety-responsibilities-under-the-fire-safety-england-regulations-2022

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated. Original practical summary by Saeed Azarshab.
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/