Fire Certificate

The Fire Precautions (Jersey) Law 1977 is enforced by the States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service. Under this Law, the Fire Precautions (Designated Premises) (Jersey) Regulations 1979 designate the use of premises required to obtain a fire certificate.

All of the following premises require a fire certificate irrelevant of the number of persons that sleeping accommodation is provided for.

• Hospital
  
• Mental nursing home
  
• Nursing home
  
• Old persons' home
  

  The following use of premises require a fire certificate, however stipulations apply as follows.
  

• Hostel
  
• Lodging house
  
• Residential school
  
• Tourist accommodation
  

if, and only if, either-

(a)

(i) sleeping accommodation is provided in those premises for more than five persons; and
(ii) some sleeping accommodation is provided in those premises above the first floor or below the ground floor; or
(b) sleeping accommodation is provided for more than forty persons in those premises.

Applications for a fire certificate should be made to the:

Chief Fire Officer

States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service
Fire and Rescue Headquarters
Rouge Bouillon
St. Helier
Jersey
JE2 3ZA

Copies of the above mentioned Law and Regulations can be obtained from:

States Greffe bookshop
Morier House
Halkett Place
St. Helier
Jersey
JE1 1DD