This Guide has been published to provide simple and practical advice to assist persons with responsibilities for fire safety in small blocks of flats to comply with fire safety legislation and make their premises safe from fire. Such persons include:

• social housing providers
• private sector landlords
• freeholders
• resident management companies
• right to manage companies
• managing agents

The Guide is designed to ensure that the common parts of blocks of flats are safe. This includes ensuring that common fire protection measures incorporated in the design of the building when it was constructed or converted remain in place and in good condition, such that a ‘stay put’ strategy continues to be appropriate.