Callum Barnard
Fire Risk Assessor & Consultant
AIFSM · Tier 2 NFRAR · TechIOSH
National Fire Risk Assessors Register — Intermediate Level, registration 1509.
Professional profile
Experienced and qualified fire safety consultant with a background in Essex County Fire and Rescue Service as an operational firefighter. Competence is supported by accredited Level 3 and Level 4 fire risk assessment qualifications, NEBOSH Fire Safety, professional membership and third-party register listing. Current work includes life-safety fire risk assessment across residential, commercial and industrial premises, together with health and safety risk assessment where commissioned.
Qualifications & registration
Legislation, standards & guidance knowledge
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, as amended; Fire Safety Act 2021; Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022; Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025; and relevant provisions of the Building Safety Act 2022.
Approved Document B, BS 9991, BS 9999, guidance for purpose-built blocks of flats, specialist housing guidance, LACORS guidance and other relevant current fire-safety guidance selected to suit the premises and commission.
Knowledge supported by the NEBOSH General Certificate, including general risk-assessment principles and relevant workplace health and safety duties.
Experience
Four years of operational firefighting experience, followed by professional risk-assessment and consultancy work across residential, commercial and industrial premises. Experience includes purpose-built blocks of flats, specialist and retirement housing, existing and listed housing, commercial offices, industrial premises and high-rise residential work within the agreed scope of competence.
Assessment services
Life-safety services include Type 1 and Type 3 residential fire risk assessments, commercial fire risk assessments, fire-safety review and consultancy, and health and safety risk assessments either as a standalone commission or coordinated with a fire risk assessment where appropriate.
Professional approach
Assessments are undertaken within an agreed scope and based on the information and access available at the time. Where a matter sits outside the agreed assessment scope or requires a specialist survey, test or design, this will be identified by Callum.