UK Fire Safety in Residential Property: Advanced

Regulatory compliance - Property & Real Estate
What compliance leaders do to run fire safety across a portfolio

This course is for the people who lead fire safety across a UK residential portfolio - heads of compliance, building safety managers, directors, accountable persons and senior operations leaders - and takes you from running the buildings to governing the system. It builds on the Building Safety Act 2022, the Fire Safety Order and the 2026 residential evacuation duty.

You'll learn how to set a portfolio fire safety strategy, meet the Building Safety Act duties for higher-risk buildings, build and maintain the golden thread, govern fire safety from the board down, manage cladding and remediation exposure, and respond to inspection and enforcement. By the end, you'll be able to answer the board's question, model the firm's sentencing exposure, and assure and improve the system against what is coming.

Access

Self-Paced Learning

Modules

12 Modules

Certification

Certificate of Completion

Price

€450
Learning Objectives
Course Benefits
Modules
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  • Set and run a portfolio fire safety strategy across mixed residential stock using a risk-based, Plan-Do-Check-Act approach with a single accountable owner.
  • Meet the Building Safety Act duties for higher-risk buildings, from registration and the safety case to occurrence reporting and resident engagement.
  • Build and maintain the golden thread of fire safety information and manage the Fire Safety Order and Building Safety Act intersection.
  • Govern fire safety from the board down using leading and lagging indicators, and understand director and senior-manager liability.
  • Manage cladding and remediation exposure, including deadlines, the Building Safety Levy and the cost of interim measures.
  • Respond to a fire safety inspection and enforcement, and model your sentencing and corporate-manslaughter exposure.
Benefits for the Organisation

Turns fire safety from a building-by-building scramble into a governed portfolio system with named owners and risk tiers.

Reduces enforcement and prosecution exposure by preparing the firm’s response before an inspector or the Building Safety Regulator calls.

Puts real leading and lagging fire safety numbers in front of the board so directors can answer whether the buildings are safe.

Keeps training current within 30 days of every change in the law, so it never teaches a superseded position.

Gives senior leaders ready-made tools, from strategy blueprints and duty maps to dashboards and trackers, to evidence compliance to funders, insurers and the regulator.

Benefits for Learners

Confidence to own the portfolio fire safety strategy and the higher-risk building duties end to end.

A clear grasp of where the Fire Safety Order and the Building Safety Act meet, so the same facts are not managed twice.

Practical, downloadable tools you can put to work on Monday, from a strategy on a page to a board dashboard.

A realistic understanding of personal and corporate liability, including sentencing drivers and corporate manslaughter.

A view of what is coming, from the single construction regulator to second-staircase mandates and remediation deadlines, so you can lead ahead of the change.

Lesson 1: Welcome to Leading Fire Safety at Scale
Meet Yvonne, Head of Compliance, and what leadership-level ownership of fire safety means across mixed residential stock. Ends with a gated acknowledgement.

Lesson 2: Set a Portfolio Fire Safety Strategy
Build a risk-based strategy across higher-risk, over-11-metre, low-rise, HMO and mixed-use stock using Plan-Do-Check-Act, with a single accountable owner.

Lesson 3: Meet Your Higher-Risk Building Duties
The Building Safety Act occupation regime: accountable person, registration with the Building Safety Regulator, the safety case, occurrence reporting and resident engagement.

Lesson 4: Build the Golden Thread for Fire
Consolidate fire safety information into one current, structured, digital record and manage the Fire Safety Order and Building Safety Act intersection.

Lesson 5: Govern Fire Safety From the Board Down
Leading and lagging fire indicators, board reporting and director liability, so the board can answer whether the buildings are safe.

Lesson 6: Manage Cladding and Remediation Exposure
The external wall regime, remediation deadlines, the Building Safety Levy and the true cost of interim measures such as a waking watch.

Lesson 7: Survive a Fire Safety Inspection
Who enforces what across the three routes, the first 48 hours after a notice, and how to cooperate without self-incrimination.

Lesson 8: Know Your Sentencing Exposure
Article 32 offences, the sentencing guideline applied by analogy, corporate manslaughter and individual liability on a culpability-and-harm matrix.

Lesson 9: Assure and Improve the System
Auditing versus inspection, competence, a fire safety maturity model, and the dated reform horizon to 2029.

Lesson 10: Resources for Leading Fire Safety at Scale
Verified laws, regulations, frameworks and the bundle’s enforcement cases, with an as-of date and every forthcoming change labelled as coming.

Lesson 11: Advanced Assessment
A 10-question graded assessment at 80% pass, mapped to every course outcome.

Lesson 12: Provide Feedback and Claim Certificate
Share your feedback on the course and download your certificate of completion.

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Course FAQ's

Who is this course for?

This course is for compliance leaders in residential property: heads of compliance, building safety managers, directors, accountable persons and senior operations leaders who own the fire safety strategy, the higher-risk building duties, governance, remediation, and the response to inspection and enforcement.

Where and when can I take this course?

The course can be taken at any time and from any internet-connected device.

Do I need prior knowledge or experience?

Yes. This is the Advanced course in the programme and assumes you already run fire safety operations. It is pitched at compliance leadership, so a working knowledge of the Fire Safety Order, fire risk assessments and day-to-day building operations is expected. If you are newer to the topic, start with the Foundation or Intermediate course first.

Can this course be used for company-wide training?

Absolutely. This course is designed to be rolled out across the whole organisation, making it suitable for every employee, line manager, and team member responsible for your residential buildings.

Do I get a discount if I buy multiple seats for this course?

Yes. Please contact us and we will issue a quote according to your needs.

Will managers be able to track progress and completion?


Yes. Managers get clear visibility on engagement and outcomes, making it easier to monitor participation, support staff where needed, and evidence completed fire safety training to auditors and inspectors.

Is this course part of a larger fire safety programme?

Yes. This is Course 3 (Advanced), the final course in the three-part UK Fire Safety in Residential Property programme. It follows Course 1 (Foundation, awareness) and Course 2 (Intermediate, operations), and takes senior leaders from running the buildings to governing fire safety across the whole portfolio.