Courts in London ordered individuals, property owners, small and large companies to pay more than £1 million in fines and costs in 2009 for breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order.
The Regulatory Reform Order which came out is 2005, requires individuals, property owners, small and large business to manage and take seriously their responsibility when it comes to fire safety.
This requires all of the above to carry out a fire risk assessment. The assessment will look at all areas of fire safety such as fire alarms, fire extinguishers, emergency lighting, escape routes from the buildings, fire doors, storage of flammable materials etc.
The London Fire Brigade says the record financial figure for the fines and cost shows how seriously the courts are taking issues of fire safety, and highlights the need for those in responsible and in charge of premises to find out more about and act on their responsibilities.
The London fire commissioner Ron Dobson, said: “Over £1m in fines shows how serious the courts are taking fire safety, and now it's time for the responsible persons at these premises to understand that ensuring buildings are safe from fire for all the people that use them is not an optional task.
"When we are informed about fire safety issues or find them as part of our inspection programme, we will act.”
Premises that have non functional fire alarms, or no fire alarm at all when one is clearly required, or where the fire alarm maintenance, or maintenance in general is not carried out, the courts will act.
High profile cases last year included Shell International being fined £300,000 and the clothes store New Look paying more than £500,000 in fines and costs following a fire at their Oxford Street branch in April 2007.
In two of the cases last year, people were given jail terms for breaches of the Fire Safety Order.
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