COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES & INSPECTIONS · EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX

Compliance certificates & safety inspections in Eastbourne.

Eastbourne's economy leans heavily on hospitality — hotels along the seafront, care services, and retail — sectors where fire safety, gas safety and water hygiene all carry real weight given the number of people passing through.

What's covered

Everything Eastbourne businesses typically need.

Different certificates apply depending on your premises and what's on site. Here's the full range our network covers locally.

Fire safety
RRO 2005

Fire risk assessment

The document everything else is built on — a proper survey of your building, hazards, and what's required to stay compliant.

Reviewed regularly
BS 5306-8

Extinguisher servicing

Annual checks plus an extended service every five years, with the right extinguisher type matched to each risk on site.

Annual
BS 5839-1

Fire alarm maintenance

Detection and alarm systems tested and kept in working order, with weekly checks logged in your file.

Weekly test
BS 5266

Emergency lighting

So people can find an exit if the power goes during a fire — monthly function checks, annual full-duration test.

Monthly
BS 9999

Fire door inspections

Doors, seals and hardware checked properly, so they'll actually hold back smoke and heat when it matters.

Quarterly–annual
SAFETY SIGNS

Signage

Exit signs, fire action notices and extinguisher markers, properly lit or photoluminescent where needed.

As required
TRAINING

Fire marshal training

A day's training so someone on your team can actually lead an evacuation, not just point at the exit.

Periodic refresh
Electrical & gas
EICR

Electrical safety (EICR)

A full inspection of your fixed wiring, consumer unit and sockets by a qualified electrician, confirming the installation is safe.

Every 5 years
PAT

PAT testing

Checking portable appliances — kettles, monitors, power tools — are safe to use, with faulty equipment flagged before it causes a problem.

Annual (typical)
CP12

Gas safety certificate

An annual check of gas appliances, pipework and flues by a Gas Safe registered engineer — one of the strictest certificates on this list.

Annual
Water & hazardous materials
L8

Legionella risk assessment

Assessing water systems — tanks, pipework, showers — for the risk of Legionella bacteria, with control measures put in place where needed.

Reviewed periodically
CAR 2012

Asbestos survey

Required for premises built before 2000 — identifies any asbestos-containing materials and how they need to be managed.

One-off / reviewed
Workplace health & safety
HASAWA

Health & safety risk assessment

The broader workplace assessment covering manual handling, display screen equipment and hazardous substances, separate from the fire-specific one.

Reviewed regularly
Documentation
RECORDS

Compliance logbook

Every certificate, test and inspection recorded in one place across every category — exactly what an inspector or insurer asks to see first.

Ongoing

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Other areas we cover

Across Brighton, Worthing, Lancing & the wider Sussex coast.

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