Employers have a legal responsibility to ensure they are serviced once a year by a competent person: At 1st Klass Fire our BAFE third party certified service technicians can inspect and service your firefighting equipment, complying with all local standards, while guaranteeing to provide a transparent, customer-focused and reliable service.
It will also give you assurance that your fire extinguishers will work when they are needed most.
On an annual visit, our Service Technician’s first duty is to carry out the work they are employed for, primarily the service of portable extinguishers, to the current British Standard 5306 part 3. However, many other elements are considered during the visit, such as:
• Is the equipment in place fit for the risk it is provided for? This could include relocating and fitting any equipment that has been moved around.
• Review of new machinery, changes in processes, new products being used or manufactured, an added kitchen or temporary portacabin.
• These areas need evaluation to consider whether, the Fire Risk level has changed, increased or even decreased.
• Departments also move inside buildings and the change in fire risk is often not even considered.
• Also, is there any signs of damage or tampering?
• The Fire extinguisher Technician is fully trained to recognise all of these areas and will advise on the movement of equipment or, change of equipment if required, using BS 5306 part 8 as the reference document or indeed their bible.
• The Technician will also inform the staff on the type of portable equipment, and give instruction on how to safely use the extinguishers and what to use them on.
• Issue a Certificate of Inspection for your equipment and premises.