Fire Extinguishers

Whatever your event, or your business requirements. You require peace of mind for your customers and your staff alike. If you don't your breaking the Law. But not only that if you don't provide fire extinguishers and a member of your staff gets burned, they could be off work for months, and you will have to replace a skilled worker. New European laws have put the onus on employers to assess their own risks and to maintain general fire safety measures to fight, detect and give warning of fire, to plan exit routes and to keep those routes clear, to ensure the safe evacuation of persons via emergency routes and exits in the work place which do not have a fire certificate.

One Earth Events Can provide Fire Extinguishers and can provide maintenance for them through a Partner organisation.

FIRE CERTIFICATION
If more than 20 people are at work at a time, or more than 10 people are working on a floor other than the ground floor, commercial premises require a Fire Certificate under the Fire Precautions Act, 1971.

PORTABLE EQUIPMENT
Portable fire-fighting equipment, conforming to British Standard EN3:1996, must be readily accessible, simple to operate and clearly labelled, with designated persons nominated to implement these measures.


YOUR RESPONCIBILITY
Just as the European law has specified that Employees are responsible for fire safety the law also specifies that as an Employer You are responsible for the "Health, Safety and Welfare of your employees and any one on your site"


Annual Inspection Service and Maintenance By a Competent Person
In order to conform to British Standard 5306: Part 3, you should ensure that all fire extinguishers are inspected, serviced and properly maintained at least once a year.

These procedures must be carried out by a competent Banham engineer trained according to EEC and British Standards, who will make sure that appliances are: sited correctly, fully operational and not damaged in any way.

A maintenance record card attached to each extinguisher will be completed and signed at the time of the visit.