Register a care service (excluding childminders)

Last updated: 15 March 2026

The Fire and Rescue Service may inspect your premises to confirm your compliance, or to enforce the legislation if necessary.  Your application will not be concluded without a completed Fire Safety Checklist. 

Read our guidance notes for fire safety checklist.

You should complete the following documents and return them to relevant organisation when you are ready to do so. 

PDF Fire safety checklist Published: 2 January 2020

This should be completed and sent your local fire authority.

PDF Fire safety checklist confirmation Published: 2 January 2020

This acts as your confirmation to us that you have sent the checklist to the local fire authority. This should be completed and sent to us during the application process.

As the checklist is a declaration that everything is in place you may wish to wait until later in the process to do this, for instance, if you are undergoing building works.