When Orchard Farm Equestrian Centre in Hogsthorpe, Lincolnshire were getting ready to open the doors of their new luxury holiday let they decided to use the services of Safelincs to ensure that they had an interlinked smoke alarm system installed in time for the opening. The time scale of the installation was essential and Safelincs [...]
At the end of October firefighters were called to a fire in a building on an industrial estate in Alperton, found to be housing 50 people. The fire was tackled successfully and no fatalities occurred. On inspection the building, which had 17 separate rooms, was found to have severe flaws in the fire safety precautions. [...]
Carbon monoxide awareness week runs from Monday, November 21st to Friday, November 25th 2011. This annual event is organised to raise the awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide and to reduce the number of fatalities due to carbon monoxide poisoning. This year has seen several tragic deaths of campers through carbon monoxide poisoning as [...]
November 18th sees the start of this year’s National Maintenance Week and we would like to encourage all our customers to take part. The participation in this scheme does not have to involve large DIY projects or getting your sleeves rolled up to paint or unblock gutters. It can be little things that will ensure [...]
Fire safety for landlords is a complicated issue. Through attending various events we have been asked numerous times by landlords for help in creating a condensed overview of fire safety relevant to them. Whilst there are already a number of extremely helpful and well-written guides available (the LACoRS and fire risk assessment guides to name [...]
Candles are a common site in many homes and now that the dark nights are drawing in, the number of candles being lit is increasing. However, the beauty of candles is linked to a risk. Last year candles were the cause of over 1,000 fires across England and many Fire Brigades are encouraging the general [...]
The introduction of the Fireworld 10 year self-maintenance extinguisher has opened up many new markets for us. Fireworld extinguishers are made from components that are guaranteed not to corrode for 10 years. These properties, which make the extinguisher range well suited for outdoor and wet applications, has enabled us to branch out into food processing, [...]
With our extinguisher lease contracts our customers now have an attractive alternative to purchasing extinguishers outright. The lease agreement can be taken out for a chosen number of years, allowing you to hand over the responsibility for installation and yearly extinguisher maintenance to us at fixed yearly costs. The costing for the lease contracts is [...]
Kidde have added mains powered radio-interlinked smoke alarms to their range of 230V smoke alarms. The new slimline design offers customers an additional choice in our smoke alarm range. The alarms conform to BS5839-pt6 grade D, E and F and are installed in new residenatial conversions and extensions, small to medium offices and many HMOs. [...]
This week sees the launch of our new website, version 4. It is a testament of our pledge to you, our customers to make the buying experience as easy as possible. Our in-house technical and design team have worked hard to include all the comments we have received through our customer survey. We researched new design [...]
