Fire Safety Advice
8 Step Emergency Lighting Checklist
Emergency lighting is often an overlooked element of building safety, yet it is one of the most important. You must ensure that there are safe exit routes in the event of a fire. Without emergency lighting – even in a familiar building – exiting a building in an emergency life or death situation can be…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know About Residential and Commercial Fire Alarm Systems
The Fire and Rescue Service are called out to over 600,000 fires which cause over 800 deaths and over 17,000 injuries a year. Installing and maintaining smoke detectors in your property could give you extra time to escape a fire safely. To do this, it is important to understand the differences in fire detector and…
Read MoreThree must-haves for Fire Safety in Retail Stores
In the UK between April 2012 – March 2013, there were 22,500 fires recorded on commercial properties. If you are an owner of a retail outlet, your daily jobs list is likely to keep you and your staff busy. However, it is ultimately the owner’s job to make sure that the correct fire safety equipment…
Read MorePAT Testing – What, When and Why?
PAT Testing (Portable Appliance Testing) is required to examine electrical appliances and devices to ensure that they are safe to use. The purpose of these tests is to prevent electrical accidents in the workplace which can lead to fires and other dangers. Although safety issues can often be spotted visually, it is important for appliances…
Read MoreWhat Extinguisher Should I Use?
Fire Extinguishers are a basic requirement in all business and residential buildings. They are used to control or extinguish small fires. It is important that extinguishers are correctly positioned and that they are easy to access in the event of an emergency. However, in the panic of a fire breakout, it can become difficult to know…
Read MoreIs your place of work safe from common causes of fire?
Fire Guard Services have been in the fire safety and prevention industry for over 20 years and have helped hundreds of business owners and their employees by giving them the life-saving knowledge on fire safety with our fire safety training courses. Unfortunately, every now and again, our IOSH qualified Fire Risk Assessors come across some…
Read MoreAre you compliant with the Fire Safety Order?
Fire Guard Services Ltd have been promoting fire safety, ever since the birth of the company. The Fire Safety Order 2005 has forced business owners to make sure that they have taken reasonable steps to reduce the risk from fire and to ensure that people can escape the premises safely if a fire was to…
Read MoreAre your premises safe from potential fire hazards?
Ensuring the safety of your premises and colleagues from a fire is an important step that must be taken when running a business, no matter the size and scale. Our customers quite often inform us that having a fire risk assessment and ensuring it is up to date can be time consuming and costly. However,…
Read MoreWhy it’s important to plan your Fire Emergency Evacuation Plan (FEEP)
A fire can occur at any time, in any place, and can put the lives of you and the people around you at risk. However, in a lot of cases, people don’t completely understand what to do if a fire does occur. Planning out a Fire Emergency Evacuation Plan (or FEEP) is one of the…
Read More4 things to remember when purchasing a fire alarm
It can be a daunting task buying any new technical system or piece of equipment. When purchasing a brand new fire alarm, there are 4 things to remember before you go ahead and make the purchase: 1. What has your fire risk assessment recommended? – Your fire risk assessment will include details how your existing alarm(s) performed,…
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