Hotels across the UK are ignoring fire safety laws, according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act. More than 1,200 hotels and B&Bs have been found to have insufficient protection against the risk of fire.
The figures show hotels, pubs, clubs and guesthouses account for almost one third of business that were found to have insufficient protection against the risk of fire.
According to the British Hospitality Association if a business does not comply with fire safety principles, the results can be catastrophic. As well as the obvious risk of hurting or killing people, hospitality companies can also face heavy fines and in severe cases, imprisonment.
The responsibility for fire safety was transferred from the fire service to the leisure destination owners or employers seven years ago under the Fire Safety Regulatory Reform Order (2005). Since then a number of fire incidents in many hotels that have resulted in deaths.
Most recently, the Home Office issued a call for the fire safety industry to heighten awareness of the dangers created by hoteliers who fail to follow the Fire Safety Regulatory Reform Order (2005). (The Order applies in England & Wales, with similar fire safety regulation in Scotland under the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006). And the European Parliament’s Consumer Protection Committee, has called for tougher enforcement of fire safety in hotels alongside the Federation of European Fire Officers.
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