Emergency lighting is an essential part of the fire safety planning in any commercial building and potentially saves life in emergencies. To a business however, it can be a costly drain on resources, requiring frequent testing (quite often outsourced), regular replacement of bulbs and lamps and the need to replace the complete lighting unit at [...]
Duke’s Head Hotel, a four storey hotel in King’s Lynn, experienced a fire due to a fault with a wet-and-dry vacuum cleaner on December 10, 2010. The hotel staff effectively and promptly evacuated guests from the hotel as well as their restaurants and bars, ensuring that there were no injuries incurred as a result. The [...]
The government’s Fire Kills campaign has been looking at ways to spread knowledge and facts about how to test and maintain mains powered smoke alarms, ensuring that individuals and families protect themselves at all times. A leaflet has now been developed containing vital information on testing alarms and their replacement. The guide, entitled ‘Are your [...]
November’s customer survey winner was from Stroud in Gloucestershire. For a chance to win £25 ‘Love2Shop’ vouchers, all you need to do is complete the customer survey questionnaire after purchasing from our fire safety website. The lucky participant wins the vouchers. ‘Love2Shop’ is a highstreet gift voucher that is accepted by over 80 leading retailers, including [...]
Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service are highlighting the increased dangers of house fires over the Christmas period. Gavin Roberts, Barrow Fire Station’s deputy location manager, warns that due to the additional fire risks that Christmas can bring there is a significant rise in the chance of a house fire during the festive season. He warns [...]
The Ei2110 multi-sensor fire alarm has won Best New Product at SELECT Electrotechnical Awards 2010. SELECT represents the electrical contracting industry in Scotland. These awards are in recognition of excellence and best-practice within the industry. As the Ei2110 Fire alarm is the first mains powered multi-sensor alarm suitable for residential use it ticked all the [...]
Safelincs has always been selling fire safety equipment for deaf and hearing impaired customers. Communications prior to this were mostly via email or call center using a text phone as phone conversations were difficult for our hearing impaired customers. To improve the communication we have now launched a text phone. This computer sized device allows [...]
Smoke and heat alarms must be replaced after ten years when their useful life expires. When you have mains powered smoke alarms on your ceiling this usually means having to call out an expensive electrician to carry out the work. Now there is good news for anybody who has an EI or Aico smoke alarm [...]
The private members bill which addressed the need for landlords to ensure that every rented property had adequate mains powered fire detection was not successful during it’s second hearing. However, Liberal Democrat MP Mr Adrian Sanders, who put this bill forward has not given up hope of the bill. He feel very strongly that vulnerable [...]
We support many charities and events and this year we decided to do our bit for Children in Need. During the week leading up to the Children in Need fundraising night we pledged to donate 50p for each new twitter follower. This fundraising event raised £132.00 for Children in Need and saw 264 new followers [...]
