Independent Health, Safety & Fire Consultancy · Bolton & UK Wide

    Practical fire safety and health & safety support that leads to action.

    Independent fire risk assessment, H&S consultancy and competent-person support for organisations across the UK.

    Clear advice, proportionate recommendations and direct access to experienced professionals — led by Louanne Lanahan, Chartered Safety & Health Practitioner (CMIOSH).

    Led by CMIOSH Practitioner
    OSHCR Registered
    NFRAR Fire Competence
    Louanne Lanahan CMIOSH — Founder & Director

    Louanne Lanahan

    Founder & Director · CMIOSH

    Jamie Lanahan — Fire Risk Assessor

    Jamie Lanahan

    Fire Risk Assessor · NFRAR · AIFireE

    LRMS

    Family-Run Independent Practice

    Direct access to the professionals responsible for your work

    UK-Wide Delivery

    CMIOSH

    Chartered Safety & Health Practitioner

    Chartered Member of IOSH — the highest grade of professional membership, awarded to practitioners who meet assessed competence criteria. Louanne Lanahan holds CMIOSH status.

    OSHCR

    OSHCR Registered

    Listed on the Occupational Safety & Health Consultants Register, the UK register of competent health and safety consultants.

    NFRAR

    NFRAR

    National Fire Risk Assessor Register — independent verification of fire-risk assessor competence.

    AIFireE

    AIFireE

    Associate of the Institution of Fire Engineers, demonstrating assessed fire-safety knowledge.

    MIFSM

    MIFSM

    Member of the Institution of Fire Safety Managers with ongoing CPD.

    INS

    Professional Insurance

    £2m Professional Indemnity · £5m Public Liability · £10m+ Employers' Liability.
    Our Services

    Chartered fire & health and safety services

    Each service has its own dedicated page with scope, process, deliverables and FAQs.

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    Fire Safety

    Health & Safety

    The LRMS Standard

    What does "No Nonsense" actually mean?

    It's not a slogan. It's the operating standard clients can hold us to — practical advice, clear language and support that continues.

    Practical does not mean minimal. It means appropriate.

    01

    Advice that fits your organisation

    Every report reflects the actual organisation and premises — never a template with your name pasted in.

    02

    Clear language you can act on

    You understand what needs to happen and why, in language a board and a site team both trust.

    03

    Support that continues

    Where the agreed service includes implementation, we stay with you until controls are in place.

    04

    Proportionate, not over-engineered

    Controls are proportionate to the real risk — practical and appropriate, not minimal.

    From Risk to Control

    What LRMS actually sells is control — not paperwork

    We move dispersed risk information into a clear, structured management system you can run with.

    01

    Identify

    Surface hazards, gaps and obligations across your sites.

    02

    Understand

    Assess who is at risk and how serious each exposure is.

    03

    Prioritise

    Rank actions by real risk, not by paperwork volume.

    04

    Control

    Put proportionate, workable controls in place.

    05

    Monitor

    Track actions to closure with clear ownership.

    06

    Review

    Revisit on a schedule and when change triggers demand it.

    Outsourced Support

    Your health & safety function, without another full-time hire

    Named consultant support, policy framework, audit schedule, action tracking and board reporting — scaled to your operation.

    Named consultant & competent-person cover
    Policy, risk-assessment and audit programme
    Action tracker with clear ownership
    Board reporting and management review
    Incident advice and enforcement liaison
    Build my support package

    HSG65 · Plan / Do / Check / Act

    Our retained support follows the HSE's recognised management model — a functioning system, not a folder of documents.

    Plan

    We set the policy, priorities and risk programme around your operation.

    Do

    We implement controls, training and competent-person support on site.

    Check

    We monitor, audit and measure performance against real risk.

    Act

    We review findings, close actions and strengthen the system.

    Essential

    From £395/mo

    For single-site SMEs needing named competent-person cover.

    • Named consultant
    • Telephone & email support
    • Annual policy review
    • Core risk-assessment review
    • Annual management review
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    Most chosen

    Managed

    From £895/mo

    For growing businesses with active compliance programmes.

    • Everything in Essential
    • Quarterly site visits
    • H&S action tracker
    • Contractor-management advice
    • Board reporting pack
    • Incident support
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    Strategic

    Tailored

    For multi-site operators and complex organisations.

    • Everything in Managed
    • Portfolio dashboard
    • Standardised multi-site reporting
    • SLA-based response
    • Enforcement liaison
    • Dedicated consultant capacity
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    Sectors

    Sector expertise, proportionate to your risk

    From social housing portfolios to single-site SMEs — support calibrated to your environment. Each sector has its own dedicated page.

    Proof of Delivery

    Evidence of corporate delivery

    Trusted to provide retained consultancy and competent-person support within complex organisational environments.

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    Social Housing

    Portfolio fire-risk programme across 140 units

    Challenge: Inconsistent assessments and no central action tracking across a dispersed housing portfolio.

    Outcome: Standardised FRA programme, central action tracker, 100% of high-priority findings closed within 90 days.

    Care

    Retained competent-person support for a care group

    Challenge: No internal H&S resource; policies out of date and audit exposure rising.

    Outcome: Named consultant, refreshed policy framework, quarterly audits and board reporting established.

    Facilities Management

    White-label FRA delivery for an FM partner

    Challenge: FM partner needed scalable, quality-assured fire-risk delivery across multiple clients.

    Outcome: Associate governance model, standardised reporting, SLA-based mobilisation within 4 weeks.

    Warehousing

    H&S management-system build for a logistics operator

    Challenge: Rapid growth with no formal management system or competent-person cover.

    Outcome: Gap analysis, policy and procedures, RAMS library, training programme and retained support.

    Education

    Multi-academy trust H&S audit

    Challenge: Trust needed independent assurance across multiple sites with differing conditions.

    Outcome: Prioritised findings, improvement roadmap and competent-person support for the central team.

    Construction

    RAMS review and contractor management

    Challenge: Principal contractor needed robust review of subcontractor RAMS and site standards.

    Outcome: RAMS review process, contractor checklist and ongoing site-inspection programme.

    Client Voice

    What clients say about working with LRMS

    "Louanne built us a bespoke health and safety policy and management system that actually fits how we work — not a generic folder. It's the first time H&S has felt manageable."

    Operations Director

    Housing Provider · Retained Competent Person

    "The fire risk assessment led to clear, prioritised actions. We knew exactly what to fix first and why. No nonsense is exactly right."

    Facilities Manager

    Care Group · Fire Risk Assessment

    "Procurement found everything they needed in one place — insurance, registrations, policies. Onboarding LRMS was straightforward."

    Procurement Lead

    Multi-Site Operator · Procurement & Compliance

    Common Questions

    Straight answers to frequent questions

    We support SMEs through to multi-site operators. Our retained packages scale from single-site competent-person cover to portfolio-wide programmes.

    Discuss your requirements with LRMS

    Tell us about your organisation, premises and support needs. We'll confirm the appropriate service, scope and next step — no obligation, no nonsense.