Top 10 things you need to know about fire extinguisher maintenance
| Fire Extinguisher Maintenance |Regular fire extinguisher maintenance may, at times, feel unnecessary and financially onerous. Why should a piece of equipment that may have only been used once or twice (or not at all) need servicing? This is a common complaint, which...
Why Fire Risk Assessments are the foundation of fire safety
| Fire Risk Assessments |Fire Risk Assessments (FRA) form the bedrock of your fire safety strategy. If you’re new to fire safety, the first thing you should arrange is your FRA. From there, you’ll have all the advice you need on how to stay safe and on the right side...
How to choose the right CCTV for your business
| Commercial CCTV |What’s involved in choosing the right CCTV system for your business? As technology has advanced, so the choices have broadened, and the benefits grown more varied. In this blog, we’ll review the current options available on the market and discuss...
Why fire alarm monitoring might be the best invention ever
| Fire Alarm Monitoring | Fire alarm monitoring, at first glance, might appear to be a duplication of effort. Why monitor something which makes a loud noise? Surely that’s the point of the alarm? You’d be forgiven for falling into this trap and assuming that fire...
Five ways in which regular fire door inspections and maintenance save lives
| Fire Doors |How much attention do you pay to your fire door inspection schedule? Can you say with certainty that you’re not in breach of UK fire safety regulations? If the answers to those questions aren’t ‘plenty and ‘yes’, you definitely need to read this blog...
Fire doors and the role they play in passive fire protection
| Fire Doors |Commercial fire doors play an important role in the system of passive fire protection. During a fire, they protect human life and property from devastation and they provide emergency services with much-needed extra time. So, what is passive fire...
Safety first: the importance of training when servicing and operating fire extinguishers
| Fire Extinguishers |Fire extinguisher servicing, done regularly, helps to maintain your life-saving equipment. Surveys by the FIA reveal the vital role fire extinguishers play in fighting fire (one survey cites 88% of fires tackled with portable fire extinguishers...
Fire door law: are you on the right side?
| Fire Doors |Fire doors are all around us, in schools, offices, factories and shops. They are a vital piece of fire protection equipment, and yet they are still relatively neglected by building owners, managers and inhabitants. This is foolhardy behaviour for two...
What you need to know about smoke ventilation design
| Smoke Ventilation Design | If you’re an architect, M&E contractor or work in construction, how sure are you that you fully understand smoke ventilation design? We’ve come across numerous examples of installations which don’t comply with current regulations. Building...
What you need to know about smoke ventilation maintenance
| Smoke Ventilation Maintenance |Are you in charge of the maintenance and servicing of a smoke ventilation system in your building? Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 if you are the responsible person, you must ensure you’ve got this covered. In this...
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