An effective fire risk assessment of an HMO aims to reduce fire risk, ensure quick control, and enable safe, easy escape for everyone to a place of total safety—this is the core purpose of carrying out such assessments. An HMO is a property rented to three or more unrelated people who share facilities like a kitchen or bathroom. In such cases, landlords are often required to hold a licence from the local council to operate legally. We assess many HMOs, and the issues found here are common across similar properties. These include poor fire compartmentalisation, faulty or ineffective fire doors, inadequate record keeping, and missing fire evacuation notices.