To reflect Safelincs’ increasing involvement in designing and developing fire safety products such as extinguishers and fire escape equipment, our design and development facilities in Alford were audited by BSI and added to the scope of our ISO 9001 accreditation. Safelincs is developing a number of fire escape systems for new-build residential housing and is [...]
Whether at work or in the home, it is easy to equip your kitchen with adequate fire safety measures and it does not have to be expensive. Blankets A fire blanket is an excellent extinguisher for small fires that break out on hobs and in pans and should be present in every kitchen. A fire [...]
When foam fire extinguishers first came into being, it was fair to say that they weren’t a massive success. Indeed, these early variants produced foam which was thick, gloopy and, because of the high animal protein content, smelled absolutely terrible. Thankfully, today’s Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) extinguishers are a distinct improvement. AFFF extinguishers are [...]
Deep fat fryer fires and pan fires with burning fat are difficult to extinguish. The jet of an ordinary extinguisher can carry the burning fat out of the pan and spread the fire, making the problem worse. Any traditional water based extinguishers can also be dangerous, as water droplets sink into the fat and then [...]
As part of the annual health and safety audit that schools have to complete the subject of fire safety will arise. Questions about the maintenance of fire extinguishers and smoke alarms as well as other equipment will need to be assessed. Are the annual checks up to date and are regular visual checks carried out [...]
Kitchens produce great amounts of steam and cooking smoke and ordinary smoke alarms are not able to cope with these confusing signals. An ionisation smoke alarm or even an optical smoke alarm would quickly be set off when a kitchen is being used. At the same time fires regularly start in the kitchen, so rapid [...]
Further to calls from the All Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group (APPGSG) the Green Deal will now require a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm to be fitted in every home whose residents are at risk of CO poisoning. Concerns have been raised that as green installers insulate houses more effectively it has the result of potentially [...]
Fire doors are a necessity but their design and purpose can sometimes restrict movement within a building. To ensure that fire doors are closed in the event of a fire and to avoid putting people at risk, they are fitted with a door closer. The door closer pushes the door closed once it has been [...]
The Evac+Chair is the original and the world’s leading evacuation chair, designed to allow people who are mobility impaired to be moved out of a building should the normal lifts be out of action or cannot be used due to a fire. The evacuation in such a situation must then be along the staircases and [...]
Following a fire risk assessment, doors are sometime re-designated as fire doors if the door and frame are substantial enough for a door to be justifiably counted as a nominal fire door. The same applies to older fire doors which do not follow the latest specifications. In these cases fire door seals are retrofitted. To [...]
