Photo: Shropshire Union Canal, Middlewich · Jonathan Hutchins, CC BY-SA 2.0
Fire risk assessment in Middlewich. Cheshire East specialists.
Fire risk assessments for businesses, landlords, and property managers across Middlewich, Winsford, Sandbach and the surrounding Cheshire East area. ABBE Level 3 and 4 qualified, from £395.
Fletcher Risk Management carries out fire risk assessments, fire door inspections, fire safety training and fire safety consultancy for businesses, landlords and property managers across Middlewich. We are based in Chester, and Middlewich is a regular part of our working week. Every job is carried out by an ABBE Level 3 or 4 qualified assessor with real sector experience.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person for any non-domestic premises is legally required to ensure a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment is carried out by a competent person. That obligation has been strengthened by the Fire Safety Act 2021 and the Building Safety Act 2022. An outdated or inadequate approach leaves the responsible person exposed to enforcement, invalidated insurance, and prosecution.
Middlewich has made salt since Roman times, and it still does. British Salt employs around 125 people in the town, Ideal Standard around 300 making sanitaryware, and chemical works operate on Brooks Lane. Business and distribution parks near Junction 18 of the M6 add large modern units to the mix.
The town centre sits where three main roads meet the Trent and Mersey Canal, with pubs, shops and venues along the water. The Folk and Boat Festival brings around 30,000 visitors and 400 narrowboats each June, so canalside premises need arrangements that work when the town is at its busiest.
Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service covers Middlewich and is an active enforcement authority, and the town sits within Cheshire East Council for licensing and building control. We cover Middlewich, Winsford, Sandbach and the surrounding Cheshire East area regularly, and we produce documentation that meets the expectations of the fire authority, your insurer, and any licensing authority with jurisdiction over your premises.
We carry out fire risk assessments across a wide range of premises in Middlewich. Our assessors understand the specific enforcement context and documentation requirements for each sector.
Industrial & distribution sites
Salt and chemical works, sanitaryware manufacturing and distribution units near the M6 need assessments that reflect process hazards, racking, shifts and contractors.
More for this sector →Canalside pubs & venues
Pubs, shops and venues along the canal need assessments that still hold when the Folk and Boat Festival fills the town.
More for this sector →Town & surrounding lets
Documentation suitable for licensing across Cheshire East for the Middlewich residential market.
More for this sector →Care homes & surgeries
CQC-ready documentation for care and healthcare premises across the Middlewich area.
More for this sector →We also work with schools and colleges, offices and commercial premises, hotels and hospitality venues, and churches and places of worship across Middlewich.
How fire safety is enforced in Middlewich
Middlewich is covered by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service. In the year to March 2025 it carried out 2,040 fire safety audits, and 8.1% found premises unsatisfactory: the lowest rate of any fire and rescue service in England.
When an audit finds premises falling short, the fire risk assessment itself is one of the fundamentals inspectors most often cite.
Audit results partly reflect how each service targets its inspections, so they show where enforcement attention falls rather than how safe an area is. Source: MHCLG FIRE1202, year ending March 2025.
Read our Cheshire enforcement analysis →Whatever your premises needs, we can deliver it in Middlewich. Where one piece of work points to another, we join it up rather than send you elsewhere.
Fire Risk Assessment
- ABBE Level 3 or 4 qualified assessor
- Full premises inspection
- Prioritised written action plan
- Suitable for insurers & fire authority
- Post-assessment support included
Fire Door Inspection
- FDIS-accredited inspectors
- Component-level assessment
- Photographic evidence per door
- Prioritised remedial schedule
- Building Safety Act records
Fire Safety Training
- On-site, tailored to your premises
- Fire marshal training
- Live extinguisher use included
- Certificates issued
- Practical evacuation scenarios
Fire Evacuation Plan
- Site-specific, not a template
- All escape routes & exits mapped
- PEEPs for those who need them
- Assembly & fire-service procedures
- Flows from your risk assessment
Fire Safety Policy
- Organisation-specific policy
- Roles & responsibilities defined
- Review & monitoring framework
- Meets enforcing-authority expectations
- Pairs with assessment & plan
Evacuation Chair Training
- Hands-on staircase training
- Safe deploy, secure & manoeuvre
- Linked to your PEEPs
- Certificates issued
- Refresher scheduling available
Not sure what you need? Call us on 01244 450 990 and describe your premises — we will tell you plainly what is required and what it will cost. No obligation.
Tim Fletcher
Tim has more than 30 years of experience in the fire industry and leads assessments across all sectors at Fletcher Risk, with particular focus on complex or higher-risk sites.
- ABBE Level 4 Diploma in Fire Risk Assessment
- NEBOSH National General Certificate
- FPA Fire Safety Management Certificate
- Member — Fire Protection Association
Sam Fletcher
Sam leads operations at Fletcher Risk, combining ABBE Level 4 qualification with legal training and an MBA. Particularly effective on residential block and portfolio work.
- ABBE Level 4 Diploma in Fire Risk Assessment
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- 10+ years hospitality fire safety experience
"Without doubt one of the best and most professional businesses I have used for our Fire Risk Assessment. Tim Fletcher is a highly regarded professional in his field. Don't take a chance — protect your staff, protect your building, protect your business."
"Fletcher Risk Management recently undertook a project to survey 180 car park risk assessments for one of our major clients. The reports were of a very high standard and throughout the project communication for all stakeholders was excellent."
Our fire safety guidance covers the legislation and practical obligations that responsible persons in Middlewich need to understand.
Tell us your premises type and we will come back with a fixed price. We cover Middlewich regularly and respond quickly.