Fire risk assessments in Hertfordshire: get quotes from local assessors

How it works

Tell us about your premises, and we pass your details to an independent local assessor, who'll contact you about a quote. You decide whether to go ahead. We don't carry out the assessment ourselves, and there's no obligation at any point.

1. Tell us about your premises using the short form above.
2. We pass your details to a local independent assessor.
3. The assessor contacts you about a quote.
4. You decide whether to go ahead. No obligation.

Who needs a fire risk assessment

The responsible person for almost any non-domestic premises needs one, along with anyone responsible for the shared parts of flats, HMOs or converted houses. That covers shops, offices, landlords, blocks of flats, hospitality venues, care settings, and community buildings alike, right across Hertfordshire.

• Shops, offices and other workplaces — request a quote
• Landlords and HMOs — see our guide for landlords and HMOs
• Blocks of flats and communal areas — see our guide for flats and communal areas
• Hospitality, pubs and licensed premises — request a quote
• Care homes and other sleeping accommodation — request a quote
• Community buildings and other premises — request a quote

What a fire risk assessment costs in Hertfordshire

Published Hertfordshire prices are a thin sample — six price points from two providers, running from £199 for a very small premises to £849 or more for a larger or higher-risk one, with neither provider stating whether VAT is included. Our cost guide sets out that range in full, with its VAT basis, alongside wider UK pricing for comparison.

Can you do your own fire risk assessment?

For a small, simple premises you may be able to assess it yourself. The Fire Safety Order requires whoever helps with the assessment to be competent, a formal requirement since 1 October 2023, and every assessment, however it's done, must now be recorded in full rather than kept informally.

The responsible person — the employer for a workplace they control, or whoever otherwise controls the premises as part of a business — must make a suitable and sufficient assessment, review it regularly, and record it. Since the Building Safety Act 2022 amendments took effect on 1 October 2023, that recording duty applies to every assessment, not just larger or licensed premises as under the older rules. The same amendments introduced a formal competence requirement: a responsible person may only appoint someone to help with the assessment if that person is competent, judged on their training, experience, knowledge and other qualities, and where more than one person is appointed they must cooperate with each other. The legal wording doesn't name specific qualifications or registers, so we haven't listed any here — if you want reassurance on an assessor's competence, ask them directly about their training and experience.

How often should it be reviewed?

There's no fixed legal interval. The Fire Safety Order requires the assessment to be kept under review and reviewed whenever there's reason to think it's no longer valid, including after any significant change to the building, its use or its occupants.

Fire safety enforcement in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire's fire service audits a small share of premises each year and enforcement action is rare, but it does happen. The figures below are aggregated counts, drawn from the national Enforcement Register, with no business, premises, address or individual named anywhere.

Separately, official Home Office statistics (table FIRE1202, published 2 September 2026) show Hertfordshire's fire service carried out 331 audits in 2025/26 against roughly 91,800 known premises — well under 1% a year — issuing 10 enforcement notices and 3 prohibition notices. Audit numbers fell sharply in 2024/25 before partly recovering; we haven't found a stated reason for the drop. In practice, most businesses are more likely to face a fire safety question from a landlord, insurer, lender or tenant than from a fire service audit.

Areas covered

We cover all ten Hertfordshire districts, from Watford and St Albans in the south and west to Stevenage and Letchworth in the north, taking in the main towns listed below along with the smaller towns and villages around each one.

• Watford
• St Albans
• Stevenage
• Hemel Hempstead (Dacorum)
• Hertford and Bishop's Stortford (East Hertfordshire)
• Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield (Welwyn Hatfield)
• Hitchin and Letchworth (North Hertfordshire)
• Borehamwood and Potters Bar (Hertsmere)
• Rickmansworth (Three Rivers)
• Broxbourne, Cheshunt and Hoddesdon (Broxbourne)