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:
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