Fire Extinguishers Leeds
The decision to determine if your organisation needs portable fire-fighting equipment is from the findings of a fire-risk assessment. Any British business with five employees upwards or have to undertake a fire risk audit under UK law. However, ’.GOV’ advice sates that even a single-room shop should have at least one multi-purpose portable extinguisher.
As the responsible person though it is doubtful that you would decide to not employ extinguishers. Having your organisation burn down because you couldn’t extinguish a little fire doesn’t seem very smart. When it comes to protecting lives it’s also an obvious choice.
Once you have extinguishers in your business it’s a requirement to have them serviced once a year. If you are subject to a Leeds fire officer’s check it would be top of the list of items they would check.
The British standard states that extinguishers have to be serviced by a competent person but how do you prove that? The easiest way is to ensure your supplier has fully trained staff from an acknowledged 3rd party organisation such as the FIA.
So the majority of businesses must have fire extinguishers and they need to be serviced by competent persons. So what next? Get quotations? Well yes but be wary. Most companies offer what seems to be a cheap headline price per unit but be alert to suppliers who charge for parts. Each extinguisher will want a new tamper label and a new rubber o ring which in real terms cost pence but can frequently be charged at much higher costs. Also be aware of units being changed a lot as, unless faulty, they will last at least a decade (in the case of {carbon monoxide CO) and two decades for everything else.
It is all too easy to overcharge businesses with what can be a confusing method. It’s wise to ask for a multi-year forecast of charges, so you know what to budget for. There may be a little adjustment for inflation but not incredible surprises. This over-pricing trend can be worsened by having engineers paid a poor basic salary and big commissions. All Leeds Fire Extinguisher engineers are not paid commission.
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