Martyn’s Law
How The Venue Record handles Martyn’s Law.
From the capacity figure to four drafted procedures in about ten minutes. Written from your answers about your building and nothing else, confirmed by a named person, read by the people who work there, and kept current when the guidance changes.
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- The person nearest the front doors closes them and slides both bolts, top and bottom.
- The kitchen fire door cannot be locked from inside. It is held shut and nobody opens it until told.
- The side gate key hangs on the hook in the office. At a private hire, the hirer is shown where it is.
- Everyone moves into the main hall, curtains drawn, away from the windows.
The steps
What happens, in order.
Everything below is done inside The Venue Record. You answer questions about your building; the system does the writing, chasing and record keeping.
- Tell it the most people inside at once.Capacity and venue type set whether you are out of scope, standard or enhanced tier. Change the figure and the tier changes with it.
- Start from your fire notice.Start from the evacuation notice already on your wall. Exits, routes and the assembly point are read from it, and you confirm each one.
- Answer a few questions about the building.Which doors lock from inside. Who holds keys at weekends. How you would tell 200 people something with no PA system. Who is in charge during a private hire.
- Review the four procedures.Evacuation, invacuation, lockdown and communication, written for your building. Change any wording that isn’t how you’d say it. Nothing is marked current until a named person confirms it.
- Get everyone to read them.Trustees, staff, volunteers, regular hirers. Each gets a link, reads on their phone and confirms. You see who has and who hasn’t.
- Walk the building once a year.Do the doors, rooms and people in the procedures still match the building? Record it from a phone as you go.
- Stay current.When someone joins, they get the link. When a procedure changes, everyone who read the old version is asked to read the new one. When the Home Office or the SIA updates its guidance, you are told what changed and the affected procedure is flagged for review.
- Produce the evidence.One PDF: the four procedures with who confirmed each and when, the sign-off register, the walkthrough and check log, and the full version history. For an inspector, an insurer or your committee.
Before you start
What you need.
Your fire notice
The evacuation notice on the wall. Most of the evacuation procedure is already on it.
Names and email addresses
Everyone who works at the building or uses it regularly, including volunteers and hirers.
About ten minutes
For the questions. The review takes as long as you want to spend on it. Reading then runs on its own as people confirm.
Questions
Before you start.
Does The Venue Record make us compliant with Martyn's Law?
No product can, and the Home Office has advised against any provider claiming otherwise. The Venue Record helps you do the work the law asks for, writing the procedures, telling your people and testing them, and keeps a dated record that it was done. Responsibility stays with the responsible person for the premises.
Do we still need to notify the Security Industry Authority?
Yes, once the law is in force. Standard tier responsible persons notify the SIA through the regulator's own online portal, which is still being built. The Venue Record does not replace that step; it tells you when the portal opens.
What do we need to get started?
The fire evacuation notice already on your wall, the names and email addresses of the people who work at or regularly use the building, and about ten minutes.
Does it work for several buildings?
Yes. Each building has its own record, and a portfolio view shows every site at once, which are current and which are behind, with a named local person for each.
When can we start using it?
Now. Start a 14-day trial; set-up takes about ten minutes, and you pay nothing if you cancel before it ends.
New to the law itself? The Martyn’s Law guide explains who is in scope and what each procedure covers.