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Homes England Cladding Safety Scheme Accredited FRAEW Assessor

FRAEW to PAS 9980:2022 / EWS1 Form

Do you have an urgent need of EWS1 Form? we can act swiftly and offer competitive services to meet your need!

We are a small specialist firm of building professionals focusing exclusively on Fire Risk Appraisals of External Walls (FRAEW) in accordance with PAS 9980:2022. We are RICS qualified surveyor to undertake FRAEW and issue EWS1 form, and also accredited fire risk assessor under the Cladding Safety Scheme managed by Homes England.

Our size is our strength — it allows us to provide a swift, responsive service, keep operational costs low, and offer competitive pricing tailored to suit our clients’ budgets, without compromising on quality or compliance.

We work closely with developers, individual landlords, housing associations, managing agents, and other Responsible Persons across England, helping you assess and manage fire risks in your external wall systems with clarity and confidence.

Whether you require a FRAEW report or an EWS1 Form, we guide you through every step of the PAS 9980 process and help you understand what actions may be necessary to bring your building in line with fire safety standards.

🔍 Our Services:

Initial consultation on the need of FRAEW
Preliminary and Full FRAEW assessments
Assistance with EWS1 Forms (where required)
Practical, risk-based recommendations
Advice aligned with current legislation and best practice

We are committed to helping you move forward efficiently, affordably, and with full peace of mind.

📞 Contact us today to discuss how we can improve your building safety.

What is a Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEW) to

PAS 9980:2022 Compliant?

A FRAEW (Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls) is a comprehensive fire risk evaluation of a building's external wall construction, conducted in accordance with PAS 9980:2022, which provides guidelines and benchmark criteria for fire risk assessment of the external wall system.

It is in a structure of five step risk-based approach to determine a risk rating on relative scale from low risk to high risk. Where the risk rating warrants, mitigation and remedial actions proportionate to the risk are suggested.

The 5 steps to be followed are:

1. To confirm a need for a full FRAEW

2. To gather all necessary information for completion of FRAEW including desktop study, site inspection, intrusive survey, material sample test, etc.

3. To identify and group factors that are significant in determining the risk rating under the aspects of fire performance, façade configuration and fire strategy / fire hazard

4. To assess the potential contribution to overall risk of each risk factors

5. To review the risk factor analysis against the following benchmark success criteria to determine an outcome:

a. fire spread that results in only limited secondary fires, and/or either occurs at a rate within expectations for a building of this height, or at a faster but nevertheless tolerable rate, given the circumstances at the building in question; and/or

b. occupants in locations to which fire has spread are not unduly harmed or prevented from escaping

c. secondary fires do not compromise the communal means of escape before those needing to use the escape routes have left the building; and/or

d. fire and rescue service intervention is likely to be effective in avoiding undue secondary fires, or in ensuring that occupants at risk are able to be rescued

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