Areas /Systematic fire protection work
The person who ran fire safety left in the spring. Who does the inspection round now?
The folder is still there. The routine is not.
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Fire safety organisation with allocated responsibility
Civil Protection Act (2003:778) chapter 2 section 2
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Inspection routines and self-checks
SRVFS 2004:3, general advice
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Fire safety documentation for the premises
SRVFS 2004:3, general advice
In plain terms: the duty follows whoever owns or uses the premises, and it has no size threshold. Rent an office for five people and it applies to you.
The act says you have to keep equipment for extinguishing and rescue to a reasonable extent, and otherwise take the measures needed to prevent fire. How that is done is not in the act, it is in general advice.
What the advice says is that the work should be systematic and continuous, and that fire safety should be documented for anything beyond the simplest buildings.
Do any of these sound familiar?
- Who took over fire safety when the last person responsible left?
- Is it written down how often the escape routes are checked?
- Is the assembly point written into your fire safety documentation?
Examples of the documents you get
| DOCUMENT | STATUTE |
|---|---|
| Fire safety organisation with allocated responsibility | Civil Protection Act (2003:778) chapter 2 section 2 |
| Inspection routines and self-checks | SRVFS 2004:3, general advice |
| Fire safety documentation for the premises | SRVFS 2004:3, general advice |
We have fire extinguishers. Is that not enough?
Read the safety conditions in your insurance policy before you read the act. If a condition has not been met, the insurer pays only to the extent the loss would have happened anyway, and that can come to nothing.
Olle Nordberg, business development and co-founder, answers the question we get most. The duty to file a written fire safety statement with the municipality was removed on 1 January 2021. If somebody asks you for one, it is not on the basis of the act.
Checked against the Civil Protection Act (2003:778) chapter 2 section 2, SRVFS 2004:3 and the Insurance Contracts Act (2005:104) chapter 8 section 12 · Updated 10 October 2026
With Ordning
You know where the documents are, that they are the current version when created, and that they cover what you need.
With Kontroll
You know it holds together every day. The year wheel says when the next inspection round is due.