Fire Drill and Fire Safety Equipment Log

A fire safety logbook for the routine tests, drills, training and maintenance that show your fire risk assessment is being put into practice – alarms, emergency lighting, extinguishers, doors and escape routes.

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Health, safety & compliance

Fire Drill and Fire Safety Equipment Log

About this document

What it’s for

The responsible person for premises must make sure fire safety equipment is maintained, staff are trained and evacuation procedures are practised. Fire and rescue authority inspectors and insurers expect to see a logbook of routine checks. This log records weekly alarm tests, monthly emergency lighting and extinguisher checks, servicing, fire drills, training and false alarms.

When to use it

  • Every week, month and year for the routine checks
  • At every fire drill (at least once a year, more often for shift work or high-risk premises)
  • When equipment is serviced or a false alarm or fire happens

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  • Part 1 – Premises and contractors
  • Part 2 – Weekly fire alarm test
  • Part 3 – Monthly emergency lighting and extinguisher checks
  • Part 4 – Escape routes, doors and housekeeping
  • Part 5 – Servicing and maintenance record
  • Part 6 – Fire drill record
  • Part 7 – Fire safety training, false alarms and incidents

How to complete it

  • Fill in the premises details and contractors in Part 1
  • Record each routine test in the relevant part
  • After each drill, record timings and lessons in Part 6 and update the fire risk assessment if needed

Key points to check

  • Use the call point you are testing in rotation, so every call point is tested over time
  • Servicing should be carried out by a competent person, normally a third-party certificated contractor

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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