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Free template · built around the statutory record types

The fire safety logbook, done properly.

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 you must be able to evidence your fire safety arrangements — and since the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, fire door checks in taller residential buildings are a legal frequency, not a suggestion. This free template covers the ten record types a compliant logbook needs, with the standard each one comes from.

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Premises fire safety logbook

Premises name & address
 
Responsible person (RRO 2005 art. 3)
 
Fire risk assessor / assessment date
 
Alarm servicing contractor
 
Emergency lighting contractor
 
Logbook started (date)
 

1 · Weekly fire alarm test register

BS 5839-1:2025 — weekly, rotating through a different call point each week

DateCall point tested (ref / location)ResultSounders heard / panel receivedDefects & notesSignature

2 · Emergency lighting — monthly function test

BS 5266-1:2025 — monthly short test

DateAreas / luminaires checkedResultFailures & notesSignature

3 · Emergency lighting — annual full-duration test

BS 5266-1:2025 — annual test to full rated duration (typically 3 hours); photometric verification at least every 5 years

DateDuration achievedResultNotes / photometric verificationSignature

4 · Fire / evacuation drills

RRO 2005 — practise the emergency plan (commonly 6-monthly)

DateEvacuation timeParticipants / areas coveredIssues found & actionsSignature

5 · Extinguisher visual checks

BS 5306-3 — monthly user check (annual basic service by a competent person)

DateLocations checkedResultDefects & notesSignature

6 · Fire door checks

Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 — quarterly (communal doors) / annual (flat entrance doors) in residential buildings over 11 m; routine checks elsewhere per BS 9999

DateDoors checkedResultDefects & actionsSignature

7 · Alarm service visits (contractor)

BS 5839-1:2025 — successive visits every 5–7 months

DateContractor / engineerReport / certificate refResultNotes

8 · Staff fire training records

RRO 2005 art. 21 — training on induction and refreshed periodically, with records

DatePerson trainedTraining givenTrainer / providerRefresher due

9 · False alarm records

BS 5839-1:2025 — record every false alarm

DateCauseDevice / locationAction taken

10 · Maintenance / other service visits

General maintenance record

DateWork carried outContractorSignature

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This template is a general-purpose logbook for guidance and record-keeping and is not legal advice. Frequencies shown are baseline recommendations from the cited standards — your fire risk assessment, system category or insurer may require more. Confirm against the current editions and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. © 2026 EmberSuite Fire — embersuite.uk