BS 8674:2025 PDF

To learn more how this important standard will benefit your organization, download our free Executive Briefing  here. What is BS 8674:2025 - Framework for competence of individual fire risk assessors about? BS 8674:2025 is a British Standard that sets out a framework for assessing and assuring the competence of individual fire risk assessors operating in the built environment. It provides performance-based criteria that can be used to determine whether an individual is suitably competent to carry out fire risk assessments in a wide range of occupied buildings. The standard supports the professionalization of fire risk assessors by establishing three defined levels of competence - Foundation, Intermediate, and Advanced - to reflect the complexity and risk associated with different building types and occupancy levels. It does not outline the fire risk assessment process itself (which is addressed in standards like PAS 79-1 and the upcoming BS 9792), but instead focuses on what knowledge, experience, and behaviours an individual must have to be deemed competent to carry out those assessments effectively. Who is BS 8674:2025 - Framework for competence of individual fire risk assessors for? BS 8674:2025 is intended for a wide range of stakeholders across the built environment, particularly: