Yes. Under the new Fire Safety Order, all employers are required to provide an adequate means of fighting a fire. Once installed this equipment should be regularly maintained by a competent person. BS 5306-3:2009 is the code of practice for the maintenance of portable fire extinguishers.

"All employers in charge of a workplace must have their fire extinguishers serviced in line with this standard."

Fire extinguishers should be professionally maintained at least once a year. Some of our customers choose more regular service intervals like six monthly or quarterly, reasons for this include:

• There is an on-going problem of extinguishers being tampered with;
• Poor controls. Staff, not reporting used extinguishers;
  
• Especially high-risk processes requiring extra security;
  
• Lack of manpower to perform regular checks internally

We have two options for fire extinguisher maintenance: