PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Portable Fire Extinguisher Supply & Servicing
We service and supply all types of fire extinguisher to the British Standard BS5306. Our Fireline engineers are fully qualified to inspect and service portable fire extinguishers. Extinguishers that are not maintained annually to the British Standard are no longer considered compliant.
PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Portable Fire Extinguisher Supply & Servicing
Fire Extinguisher Servicing Essex
We service and supply all types of fire extinguisher to the British Standard BS5306. Our Fireline engineers are fully qualified to inspect and service portable fire extinguishers. Extinguishers that are not maintained annually to the British Standard are no longer considered compliant.
A Company You Can Trust
Since Fireline was formed in 2000, we have built up a solid and loyal database of customers through hard work and competitive rates. Our very friendly and efficient team can offer great advice and will remind you by post of annual servicing and then contact you by telephone to arrange an appointment.
Based in Dorset but with a regional network of engineers, we are able to carry out work throughout the UK. We have engineers strategically placed to cover the following areas: Dorchester, Basingstoke, Bournemouth, Chelmsford, Crewkerne, Gatwick and Eastbourne. We also have a number of contracts with larger groups that require national coverage across multiple sites. Please get in touch to request a complimentary site survey and quotation.
Take No Chances
There can be no doubt how important working fire extinguishers are. It is vital that they work straight away when needed and the only way to ensure this is through regular servicing and maintenance. Fire extinguishers are pressurised vessels and if they fall into disrepair can suffer catastrophic failures that can burst when corroded or damaged and have been known to cause serious injury and even death.
If your portable fire extinguishers are maintained to a quality standard it will ensure they are ready to use in the event of a fire. Fire extinguishers are a safety provision that can be undervalued at times but would be the first thing you would look for if a small manageable fire broke out in your building. It is therefore crucial that these are serviced and maintained on a frequent basis to ensure your building is ready with the correct provisions in the event of an unexpected fire.
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The Regulatory Fire Reform (Fire Safety Order) 2005 states that fire fighting equipment “must be subject to a suitable system of maintenance and are maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair.”
There are two types of maintenance procedures. Visual inspection by the user and maintenance by a competent person.
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Who Are We?
At Fireline, we have built a solid reputation with our customers at the heart of what we do. Our philosophy has been, and always will be, to offer the best possible service to our customers, which we achieve through fully qualified engineers and our valued staff who are essential in what we are building.
Fireline is renowned for the quality of the products and service we offer and our aim is to look after and keep our customers. Using the latest technology, every engineer operates with a PDA keeping customer records up to date in real time, which every customer has private access to.
Under the British Standard, an extended service - otherwise known as discharge testing - is to be carried out at stipulated intervals. For water, foam, dry powder or wet chemical extinguishers, this is every 5 years. CO2 extinguishers require extended servicing every 10 years. In the case of powder or CO2 extinguishers, you will be offered a service exchange unit which is more practical and economical than emptying and refilling the contents.
Our Service Department will remind you when your annual service is due and make the necessary arrangements for an engineer to visit. Furthermore, we operate an online database which means your servicing and equipment records (including manufacturer, year of manufacture, next test discharge date and each extinguisher's location) is maintained in our database, to which you will also have access. This is particularly beneficial if you are a multi-site company, as at a glance you can see in real-time when sites are due a service.
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Process of Commissioning
Commissioning of a new or refurbished extinguisher should be carried out by a competent person. After removal from its packaging and transit protection, and immediately before being placing in its designated location, the extinguisher must undergo the sequence of commissioning service actions described in British Standards, with the safety precautions being carefully observed.
In the event that the manufacturer has not marked the mass of the extinguisher or a nominal range of mass for the extinguisher, the competent person should consult the manufacturer’s workshop manual for that model or contact the manufacturer to obtain this information.
When all of these checks have been satisfactorily completed, the extinguisher should be installed and positioned in accordance with BS 5306-8
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