The Means of Escape is a highly respected web-magazine (www.meansofescape.com) which publishes the Fire Safety Audit Guide. They looked at the subject of Risk Assessment and from discussions and comments received, the problem identified was "how do I start?"

The Fire Safety Audit Guide is designed as a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to starting and completing a fire risk assessment. The book takes the reader through a number of questions, which are answered on pages in the book. These answers are then transferred into action items and a plan is produced to deal with any significant findings.

The Fire Safety Audit has been designed so that one is used in each area or department within an organisation. This makes the implementation, process and completion easier to manage. Most importantly, the process is owned, understood and developed by the very staff who work in each of these areas. It is important that each area carries out its own formal risk assessment, since no two areas will be the same in terms of the type and number of risks and how these risks need to be dealt with.

The Fire Safety Audit has been evaluated by National Fire Brigades and has received exceptional reviews.