Sector
Hospitals
Passive fire protection, fire risk assessments, fire engineering, evacuation plans, fire safety training, and health & safety consultancy for NHS hospitals and private healthcare facilities.
Hospitals present some of the most demanding fire safety challenges — occupied wards with vulnerable patients, critical clinical services that cannot be interrupted, complex building layouts with multiple departments, and stringent regulatory requirements. JJM Fire Consultants Ltd provides the full range of fire safety services for NHS trusts, private hospitals, and healthcare estates teams — from passive fire surveys and installation through to fire risk assessments, fire engineering, compartmentation drawings, emergency evacuation plans, and fire safety training. Our team includes an Approved Engineer (Fire) with extensive NHS healthcare experience, providing specialist fire engineering assessments and fire safety strategies for acute hospitals, mental health facilities, and community healthcare buildings. We understand the importance of working in live clinical environments with minimal disruption.
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Relevant Services
Fire Doors
Comprehensive fire door inspections, surveys, and installation — including door-by-door assessment, defect reporting, remedial recommendations, and professional fire door installation and replacement.
Fire Stopping
Fire stopping surveys, inspections, and professional installation — identifying deficiencies in service penetration sealing and carrying out remedial fire stopping works using tested and certified systems.
Compartmentation
Comprehensive compartmentation surveys, production of compartmentation drawings, and remedial installation works — assessing and documenting fire compartment boundaries across walls, floors, ceilings, risers, and voids.
Fire Dampers
Fire damper inspection, drop testing, maintenance, and installation — ensuring ventilation systems maintain compartmentation integrity in the event of fire.
Fire Risk Assessments
Comprehensive fire risk assessments — including construction phase fire risk assessments — carried out under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and CDM Regulations, identifying hazards, evaluating risks, and providing prioritised recommendations for all building types and construction sites.
Fire Engineering
Comprehensive fire engineering services including fire strategies, performance-based design, structural fire engineering, smoke control, means of escape analysis, CFD modelling, evacuation modelling, and design review.
Evacuation Plans
Professionally prepared emergency evacuation plans and fire action notices, including scaled floor plans showing escape routes, assembly points, fire-fighting equipment, and call point locations.
Compartmentation Drawings
Detailed, scaled compartmentation drawings mapping fire compartment lines, fire-rated construction, penetration locations, and compartment references — supporting surveys, remedial planning, and ongoing management.
Fire Safety Consultancy
Ongoing fire safety consultancy and advisory support — providing practical, technically informed guidance on fire safety management, compliance, and remedial planning.
Emergency Map Drawings
Professional emergency map and evacuation plan drawings — including floor-by-floor escape route maps, assembly point identification, fire safety equipment locations, and building layout plans for display and compliance.
Fire Warden Training
Professional fire warden training covering roles and responsibilities, fire prevention, emergency procedures, evacuation, and practical fire safety awareness for workplace fire wardens and marshals.
Extinguisher Training
Practical fire extinguisher training covering types of extinguishers, correct selection, safe operation, and hands-on practice for workplace staff and fire wardens.
Fire Awareness
General fire awareness training for all staff — covering fire prevention, what to do in an emergency, evacuation procedures, and basic fire safety responsibilities in the workplace.
Re-Inspections
Post-remedial verification inspections to confirm that passive fire installations and remedial works have been completed to the required standard.
Compliance Monitoring
Structured compliance monitoring programmes to track remedial actions, manage re-inspection schedules, and provide ongoing fire safety compliance support.
Technical Reviews
Independent technical reviews of passive fire installations, remedial works, and third-party fire safety reports to verify compliance with relevant standards and specifications.
Technical Writeups
Professional technical writeups, fire safety documentation, method statements, and specifications for passive fire protection works and fire safety projects.
H&S Consultancy
Comprehensive health and safety consultancy services including risk assessments, policy development, CDM compliance, method statements, and ongoing competent person support.
H&S Training
Professional health and safety training courses including manual handling, working at height, COSHH awareness, risk assessment, and general H&S awareness — delivered on-site at your premises.
Construction H&S
Specialist construction health and safety services including CDM advisory, construction phase plans, site inspections, and principal designer and principal contractor support.
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