DSEAR compliance is not just about having a risk assessment on file. It is about knowing whether your organisation has the right systems, evidence, controls and competence in place to manage fire and explosion risks effectively.
Use this short assessment to identify how confident you are across key areas of DSEAR compliance, from dangerous substance identification and risk assessment through to hazardous area classification, emergency planning and workforce training.
The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR) is the key legal standard which sets out the minimum requirements on risk from fires and explosion like events for all businesses. DSEAR is comprised of 17 separate regulations each with its own requirements. How confident do you feel in the following:
Many organisations have elements of DSEAR compliance in place, but struggle to understand whether their approach is complete, defensible and consistently applied across sites, teams and operations.
This assessment helps you sense-check where you are today, highlight potential gaps and understand what your next steps could look like.
It is designed for organisations that handle, store or process dangerous substances and want a clearer view of their current DSEAR position.
The assessment explores your confidence across key DSEAR requirements, including:
General DSEAR understanding and documentation
How well your organisation understands what DSEAR requires and whether your compliance approach can be clearly explained if challenged.
Regulation 5: Risk assessment
Whether dangerous substances, activities and flammability data have been identified and whether suitable risk assessments are in place.
Regulation 6: Risk reduction
How effectively your teams apply and document the hierarchy of risk reduction.
Regulation 7: Hazardous area classification
Whether hazardous areas are clearly defined, defensible and supported by appropriate drawings, asset registers and ignition source controls.
Regulation 8: Emergency arrangements
Whether DSEAR-related hazards are properly considered within emergency response, fire risk and incident planning.
Regulation 9: Training and competence
Whether DSEAR training is delivered at the right depth, to the right people, based on their role and responsibilities.
At the end of the assessment, you will receive a score that helps indicate where your organisation may sit on its DSEAR compliance journey.
A lower score may suggest that your organisation needs to build a clearer foundation, starting with DSEAR awareness, compliance gap assessment and better documentation.
A mid-range score may indicate that key cornerstones are in place, but that deeper technical or organisational gaps still need attention.
A higher score suggests a more mature DSEAR position, where the focus should shift towards challenging the quality, completeness and defensibility of existing assessments, controls and management systems.
DEKRA supports organisations across high-hazard industries with practical, technically robust DSEAR support. Our work helps clients move beyond basic compliance and build approaches that are clear, defensible and embedded across the organisation.
Depending on your assessment result, we can support you with:
DSEAR compliance gap assessments, dangerous substance reviews, hazardous area classification, DSEAR risk assessments, basis of safety development, ignition source control, equipment suitability reviews, process safety management support and role-specific DSEAR training.
Depending on your assessment result, we can support you with:
DSEAR compliance gap assessments, dangerous substance reviews, hazardous area classification, DSEAR risk assessments, basis of safety development, ignition source control, equipment suitability reviews, process safety management support and role-specific DSEAR training.