The general term ‘fire safety’ or ‘fire prevention’ includes a range of provisions, where your property is required to comply with the current fire laws in the UK and ultimately to ensure anyone using your premises are safe from fire. The level of your fire safety provisions, and therefore the costs, will depend on the size of your undertaking, the number of people using your building and its purpose of use.
We offer a no-nonsense approach, with factual, honest, down to earth information, no pushy salesperson, just education, help and guidance, where it is needed.
Effective fire safety management is the key to a fire safe building. There are two main areas of compliance when assessing the fire risks within a building. The structure of the building (passive measures) including its fire compartments and the active measures such fire alarm systems, emergency lighting, portable fire extinguishers etc and the management of fire safety provisions within your building. We offer contracts which cover both elements above and can be reviewed on an annual basis or whenever the customer requires it.
All buildings where persons are employed to work, or where members of the public may visit, are required by law to have a fire risk assessment completed by a ‘competent’ person and must be documented. We have expert fire risk assessors with many years experience and having served as fire safety officers in Local Authority Fire Services across the uk. In addition they base their sound knowledge having served as operation officers attending many fire incidents over years of service.
Fire stopping is best defined as the sealing of any opening to prevent fire (including smoke and heat) from passing through multiple building compartments and allowing fire and smoke to spread if not completed correctly. We work with an independant fire stopping company and can provide you with a first class service, which we independantly supervise and 'sign off' any work they complete before issuing a compliance certificate.
The fire strategy of a building will be determined by the fire risk assessor and is defined as ‘how a building operates under the condition of fire’. The correct determination of these strategies is of paramount importance particularly where there is a sleeping risk and a 'stay put' policy maybe used. In addition in residential and nursing care homes, horizontal evacuation is usually the strategy used and therefore fire compartment sizes are critical, especially where highly dependant residents are located.
This service is usual performed by a competent fire risk assessor or fire engineer. It is a service offered on a daily or hourly rate. The service can include plan examination and asisting in their submission to building control working closely with your architects. Expert witness cases for either the defendant or prosecution in fire related legal cases. General advice on a range of fire safety subjects including, fire alarms, suppression systems, smoke control, fire strategies, emergency fire evacuation plans etc.
A requirement under the Regulatory Reform (fire safety) Order 2005, fire training for staff must be carried out on a regular basis. We recommend at least once per year. We have expert former senior fire officers who were trainers in their own Brigades. The individuals also have fire safety backgrounds and combined their practical knowledge from attending real fires to the skills developed in fire safety and risk assessments.
Fire evacuation plans are a requirement by law under the Fire Safety Order. The plan should be drawn up by a competent person, it should be ‘suitable and sufficient’...
This is a service that is grossly overlooked and there are very highly trained and competent fire investigators working in the fire sector. Ensure if the need arises that the person is qualified...
There is a legal requirement under the Fire Safety Order to complete and keep documentation on all aspects of your fire safety provisions...
Effective fire safety management is the key to a fire safe building. There are two main areas of compliance when assessing the fire risks within a building…
All buildings where persons are employed to work, or where members of the public may visit, are required by law to have a fire risk assessment completed by a ‘competent’ person…
Fire stopping is best defined as the sealing of any openings to prevent fire (including smoke and heat) from passing through multiple building compartments.
The fire strategy of a building will be determined by the fire risk assessor and is defined as ‘ how a building operates under the condition of fire’...
This service is usual performed by a competent fire risk Assessor or fire engineer, it is a service usually offered on an hourly or day rate...
A requirement under the Regulatory Reform (fire safety) Order 2005, fire training for staff must be carried out on a regular basis, we recommend at least once per year...
Fire evacuation plans are a requirement by law under the Fire Safety Order, the plan should be drawn up by a competent person, it should be ‘suitable and sufficient’...
This is a service that is grossly over looked and there are very highly trained and competent fire investigators working in the fire sector. Ensure if the need arises that the person is qualified...
There is a legal requirement under the Fie Safety Order, to complete and keep documentation on all aspects of your fire safety provisions...
Our experts have many years of experience in the industry and have FDIS and GIFireE qualifications.
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