Fire safety consultant cleared of FRA-related charges
A fire safety consultant helping a hotel company has been exonerated of failing to conduct a suitable fire risk assessment ( FRA ), following a fatal fire in August 2007.
Martin Tricker, who was employed by Hawthorne Safety Consultancy and aided O&C Holdsworth on fire safety matters, had been accused of the breach of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
The charges were dropped due to conflicting evidence over the role that Mr Tricker played, according to trade magazine Safety and Health Practitioner.
Mr Tricker told the news provider that the verdict showed it was not part of his contract with the hotel firm to conduct an FRA .
"O&C Holdsworth … accepted that the hotel's fire risk assessment document in place at the time of the fire was produced by one of their staff members and not by my company," he said.
The hotel firm was recently ordered to pay almost £150,000 after the fire, which lead to the death of three adults
Posted by Ryan Stevens
