End-to-end fire safety consultancy and protection
Providing passive and active fire protection, engineered solutions and fire strategies that ensure compliance and protect people, property and business continuity.
Accountable fire safety, from strategy to protection
Vocus Fire Safety is a specialist consultancy and protection provider delivering comprehensive fire safety solutions across England and Wales — helping you meet your legal obligations with confidence.
By bringing consultancy, compliance and delivery together under one roof, we manage fire risk in a coordinated, accountable way — protecting occupants and safeguarding assets throughout a building's lifecycle.
Paul spent more than 30 years in Fire and Rescue, in both operational and strategic leadership roles, including incident command at major emergencies and developing command decisions and procedures used across the service. He established Vocus Fire Safety to give building owners and managers honest, evidenced and proportionate fire safety advice, and the delivery to back it up. More about Paul and Vocus
Complete fire safety, delivered end to end.
From initial assessment to final sign-off — six specialist services, and one compliance contract that covers every check after.
Fire Risk Assessments
Assessments to PAS 79-1 and BS 9792 by experienced assessors, delivered as a plain-English report with a clearly prioritised action plan you can act on.
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Fire Strategies
Fire strategies aligned to the RIBA programme for new build, change of use and higher-risk buildings, evidenced to withstand scrutiny.
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Fire Stopping & Compartmentation
Surveys, remediation and new-build fire stopping that maintain compartment integrity throughout the building and stand up to Building Control review.
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Fire Doors
Inspection, remediation and installation by qualified persons, including quarterly communal checks and annual certification for residential blocks and care homes.
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Detection, Alarms & Smoke Control
BS 5839 fire alarms and detection, emergency lighting, AOVs, smoke ventilation and sprinkler servicing, all managed under one contract.
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Fire Extinguishers
Supply of new extinguishers and annual servicing of existing units to BS 5306, kept scheduled and evidenced as part of your compliance.
Find out moreYou are personally accountable for fire safety. We make sure you can prove it.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Responsible Person at your premises faces unlimited fines and imprisonment for non-compliance. Most providers service one thing and leave — the gaps between them are yours to carry.
Vocus Fire Safety takes on the whole picture: every required check, scheduled, delivered and evidenced, with a complete compliance record you can produce in seconds. We carry the coordination. You carry the confidence.
One contract. All 20 routine checks. Run entirely by us.
Every routine fire safety check that the law and British Standards expect at your premises — scheduled, delivered and evidenced by Vocus all year round.
- Fire risk assessment
- Fire door inspection
- Extinguisher service
- PAT testing
- Emergency lighting test
- Evacuation drill
- Logbook audit
- Means of escape check
- Signage audit
- Compartmentation survey
- Arson risk assessment
- Housekeeping review
- Training records review
- Responsible Person review
- Fire alarm service (BS 5839-1)
- AOV system service
- Suppression system service
- Sprinkler system service
- Dry riser test
- Wet riser inspection
Specialist systems serviced and evidenced under the same contract.
Two ways to pay. Every contract covers all 20 checks and all replacement works — the only choice is whether you pay the real cost each year, or spread it evenly with our smoothed annual plan. One annual fee, fully forecastable.
About compliance contractsTwo ways to manage your fire safety compliance.
Both contracts cover all 20 routine checks and all replacement works under one annual agreement. The difference is how the cost is structured — and what happens in year five, when extinguishers reach the end of their replacement cycle.
What is the year-five spike? Under BS 5306-3, water, foam and powder extinguishers need an extended service (a discharge test and refill) at five years, and CO₂ extinguishers an overhaul at ten. Replacing the unit is usually more economical than an extended service, so that is what we budget for. On the rolling contract, that cost lands in the year it falls — usually year five — so that year costs more. The smoothed annual plan spreads the cost evenly across every year, and over the full cycle it costs no more than the rolling contract.
Year 5: on the rolling contract the extinguisher replacement lands in a single year — the smoothed plan has already absorbed it.
Five-year total: rolling £8,933 · smoothed £8,925.
The Vocus Fire Safety Portal
Every certificate, every report, every check — for every one of your sites — in one place, available the moment you need it. When an inspector asks, you open your phone and show them a complete, up-to-date compliance record. No folders, no chasing, no gaps.
- All fire safety documentation in one secure place
- Live status across every site you manage
- Inspection-ready evidence, always current
- Fully branded to Vocus — your dedicated portal
Illustrative dashboard — example sites and dates.
Specialists in the buildings you're responsible for.
We understand the specific duties, occupants and scrutiny that come with each setting — and tailor compliance accordingly.
Care Homes
Sleeping, less-mobile and vulnerable occupants raise the stakes. We deliver care-specific fire risk assessments, compartmentation that protects evacuation zones, detection, staff training and a single rolling compliance contract — so a busy registered manager has one accountable partner.
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Schools & Education
FRAs and compliance for education settings, planned around term times and occupancy.
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HMOs & Landlords
HMO licensing, fire risk assessments, doors and alarms for landlords in Wales and England.
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Housing Associations
Portfolio fire risk assessment and compliance for social landlords, in Wales and England.
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Commercial and Facilities Management
Offices, retail, industrial and multi-let — a dependable partner for facilities managers.
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Developers & Main Contractors
Fire strategy from RIBA Stage 2–4, building control approval in Wales and England (including Gateway 2 for higher-risk buildings in England) and handover information.
Find out moreBuilt on recognised standards and real fire service experience.
Our work is led by more than 30 years of Fire and Rescue experience and follows the legislation and standards that govern fire safety in Wales and England.
Experience
Standards & legislation we work to
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Fire Safety Act 2021
- Building Safety Act 2022
- BS 5839 — fire detection & alarm systems
- BS 5306 — fire extinguishers
- PAS 79-1:2020 and BS 9792:2025 — fire risk assessment
- BS 5266 — emergency lighting
- BS 8214 — fire doors
- BS 9999 and BS 9991 — fire safety in building design
- Approved Document B and Approved Document B (Wales)
- Housing Act 2004 and Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016
Based in Newport. Working across Wales and England.
Most of our work is in South Wales, Bristol and the South West, and we take on larger projects and multi-site portfolios across the UK. Fire safety law differs either side of the Severn, so our advice always reflects where your building is.
Guidance on fire safety, regulation and compliance.
Our in-house experts’ perspectives on the requirements, responsibilities and challenges shaping fire safety today.
What is a PAS 79 fire risk assessment?
What a PAS 79 fire risk assessment is, why PAS 79-2 was replaced by BS 9792:2025, what a good report contains and how often to review it in England and Wales.
Read articleFire door checks for landlords: what the law requires
How often landlords must check fire doors in England and Wales, what to look for on every door, the records to keep and what to do when a door fails a check.
Read articleFire strategy or escape strategy? Understanding the difference
How a fire strategy differs from an evacuation strategy, how both link to the fire risk assessment, and what to do when they change, in England and Wales.
Read articleGeneral enquiries
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