Fire safety equipment is essential for homes and businesses alike to first detect the fire and then to safely evacuate the building and minimise the damage caused by the fire. The best known fire safety products are familiar pieces of equipment such as fire extinguishers and smoke alarms, however, fire doors also play an important [...]
Just like employers, landlords have certain obligations when it comes to fire safety and protection in their properties. However, it is not as simple as ensuring there are a couple of fire extinguishers to hand – fire safety largely depends on the potential risks and the different types of buildings can cause confusion. For example, [...]
Fire extinguishers are required in all businesses, care facilities, offices, let properties and other organisations by law. Private householders also benefit from installing fire extinguishers in their houses or cars. Small home and car extinguishers can be easily picked up at local handyman shops, DIY stores and of course the internet. The choice is usually restricted to [...]
Under current legislation, it is the responsibility of the employer or building operator to ensure that their business complies with fire safety, health and safety and equal opportunity requirements. If you employ mobility impaired persons, the responsibility of ensuring their safe escape from a multi-storey building in the event of an emergency, for example fire, [...]
Smoke alarms are some of the most important fire safety products in your home. Fires often break out after you left a room or have gone to bed. For example if you left the cooker on, left a pan on the cooker, forgot to extinguish some candles or to extinguish an open fire. Smoke alarms [...]
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 [...]
Office fire safety is often taken for granted by staff. When you spend so much of your day in an office, it is easy to forget the risks that are present. Office fires are rare, but they can be devastating when they do occur. The following reminders relate to fire safety actions affecting your staff. [...]
It is a British Standard requirement that fire extinguishers are either wall hung or placed on a stand. This is to ensure that fire extinguishers are kept in the correct location and to deter unauthorized movement. There are two main types of brackets to suit most fire extinguishers; Lug and J brackets. Lug brackets are [...]
Unlike other types of fire extinguishers, CO2 extinguishers feature a discharge horn as opposed to a hose. When a standard CO2 extinguisher horn is installed, it is fitted semi-tight, so that it can be swivelled but still holds itself in the chosen position. This is because during operation, the CO2 extinguishing agent causes a standard [...]
Safelincs supply fire extinguisher maintenance tools to service engineers and to companies carrying out their own extinguisher servicing. This blog describes one of the tools needed for servicing stored pressure extinguishers. In order to conform to BS5306 requirements, many insurance companies stipulate that fire extinguishers need to be serviced annually. It is during servicing that [...]
