Much research is carried out to assess the fire safety of different uses of buildings. Assessment techniques have contributed immensely to a better understanding of fire risk in buildings, thereby recommending measures to be taken to prevent loss of life and property. However, the development of these assessment methods was based on the regulation of fire safety criteria and attributes in codes and standards for particular uses. Thus representing and adapting the characteristics of a particular country for which the assessment methods have been developed. This article proposes a framework for assessing fire safety in plastic factory buildings in Nigeria. Fire safety criteria and attributes have been extracted from the literature and their corresponding requirements are based on codes and standards. A questionnaire was also administered during the pilot survey to (n=8) fire safety experts to rank fire safety criteria and attributes, based on their level of importance, using the scale judgment of the analytical hierarchy process (AHP). Expert Choice 11 software was used in the analysis. The framework for assessing fire safety in a plastic factory has been proposed based on expert judgment, for fire safety criteria and attributes and their requirements in codes and standards.1. INTRODUCTIONIt has been proposed that fire hazard is an undesirable imminent effect posed by fire [1], which generally refers to an arithmetic value, which is a function of possibility and effect [2]. Research on fire safety evaluation dates back to the early 1970s. A lot of money has been spent on fire safety in some European and American countries, much of it devoted to performance-based fire design. The standard and techniques of ...... middle of paper ...... fire safety in this type of occupancy. The use of this type of assessment framework is new in Nigeria in any type of occupation. Therefore, this research will serve as a guide for conducting further research on fire safety risk assessment and assessment, for other occupancy groups. This will improve fire safety in Nigeria as the country faces great challenges. Furthermore, the research would also sensitize the Nigerian government to embark on serious fire safety inspection, as a specific assessment tool for each type of occupancy would be developed. This would also go a long way in helping the company management know the extent of risks they are exposed to.6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors would like to acknowledge the support provided to them by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (ETF) Nigeria and Universiti Tecknologi Malaysia which, without this research, may not have been conducted..