Site safety and facilities

Fire risk assessment

Anyone operating a camping site should carry out a fire risk assessment. This comes from The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service | Advice for campsite owners

Health and safety

You must carry out a site-specific risk assessment to identify hazards, the risk posed and put in place suitable and sufficient control measures. There is more information and templates on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) website and we have designed a downloadable checklist to assist you with this process. It is not intended as an exhaustive list of areas to consider or a list of all potential hazards and controls relevant to your site.

Carbon monoxide (CO)

CO advice should be given to users at booking and on arrival, advice displayed on site and at any retail point where BBQs are sold.

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Electrical safety

Every 12 months you should arrange testing of your site. You can read more about the recommendation in the Guidance Note 3 (GN3) - Inspection and Testing.

Regular visual checks should be carried out to check for damage to installations, including hook ups and equipment.

You will need to ensure the safety of all electrical equipment provided, i.e. regular (PAT) testing of all appliances by a competent person.

Overhead electrical cable lines should be insulated and anti-climb devices fitted.

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Gas

Annual gas safety checks of site boilers, water heaters and equipment in holiday lets by Gas Safe Installer registered to work on LPG on caravan sites

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LPG storage

Campsites that use and store LPG cylinders must:

follow the latest guidance
ensure they meet the legal requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

Information Sheet

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Roadways and Footpaths

Access roads and footpaths should be of adequate width, suitable material, adequately lit and in good repair.

There should be a traffic management system in place, to ensure access for emergency vehicles and prevent possible collisions and adequate arrangements for vehicle management and parking.

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Site facilities

Drinking water

Most campsites will provide water for guests to use. This might be:

direct from the mains
distributed beyond the mains (for example stand-pipes)
or be a private water supply

We make sure that water, beyond what utilities supply, is safe for drinking, washing and more. Please register your supply with us (no fee). We need to check that the water quality and that it does not cause a risk to health. This may involve: