Glossary
Type 3 fire risk assessment.
A fire risk assessment covering the common parts plus a sample of individual flats, all non-destructive. Used when the assessment needs to consider fire safety inside dwellings without invasive inspection.
What Type 3 includes.
Type 3 covers everything in a Type 1 (common parts, non-destructive) plus a non-destructive inspection of a sample of flats. The flat sample inspection covers flat entrance doors and their self-closing arrangements, internal smoke detection where the dutyholder has a duty for it, escape arrangements within the flat, and any visible signs of unauthorised modifications affecting compartmentation.
Sample selection and access.
The sample is typically agreed with the dutyholder: a percentage of flats, or specific flats selected to give coverage across the building (different floors, different orientations, different occupancy types where relevant). Access is arranged in advance with residents; refusal of access is a recordable outcome that does not invalidate the assessment.