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what fire safety does a sandwich takeaway need?

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I am opening a sandwich takeaway in Leeds, no gas in premises.
What do I need legally?

Many thanks

The premises will be a shop so you need to conduct a fire risk assessment as required by The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, and guidance will be Offices and shops guide.

Check out http://www.firesafe.org.uk/regulatory-reform-fire-safety-order-2005/ for more information.

  • 7 years later...

Hi I want to open a sandwich takeaway shop but the premises only has one door to enter and exit would this be an issue 

Assuming that the distance from the back of the shop to the front door doesn't exceed around 18m and you aren't planning to have more than 60 people inside it isn't a problem.

 

  • 4 weeks later...

22m means you should really have a back door! It's too far for a single exit under current guidance - however the draft of new guidance for small premises looks like it will increase the maximum distance to 25m so I wouldn't worry too much.

A single exit is still a maximum of 60. Your floor area matters too - for every 1 sq.m. of dining area you can have 1 person, for every 0.7 sq.m. of queuing space you can have 1 person - in a small premises this may limit you to less than the 60 your exit allows.

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