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Fire Alarm Systems What You Need To Know

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires that all non-domestic premises, with a few exceptions, in England and Wales, have an appropriate fire detection system so that anyone in the building can be warned if a fire should break out, and have time enough to escape. <br>

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Fire Alarm Systems What You Need To Know

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  1. Fire Alarm Systems: What You Need To Know

  2. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires that all non- domestic premises, with a few exceptions, in England and Wales, have an appropriate fire detection system so that anyone in the building can be warned if a fire should break out, and have time enough to escape. All businesses where there are high risk activities carried out, such as cooking in a restaurant, or where there are vulnerable people such as a care home, must definitely have an appropriate fire alarm system. When you carry out your fire risk assessment for your premises, which you are required to do under the Order, this should dictate whether you need a fire alarm system or not.

  3. An Addressable Or Wireless System Is Needed For HMOs If you are a landlord of an HMO then an addressable system is what you need because it will show the precise location of the flat in which the fire has broken out, or alternatively the part of the communal areas. When you carry out your fire risk assessment for flats one of the things that you need to do is to test the smoke and heat alarms every time you make an interim inspection of the flats and also on the check-in inspection.

  4. Your fire alarm system also needs to be regularly tested and maintained in order to be confident that it is in perfect working order. It needs to be regularly serviced not only to ensure that it is in working order but also to prevent false alarms. In fact, false alarms occur far more often than you might think. If you live on a high street, you will be well aware of the number of car alarms that go off when there is no reason for them to, and the same applies to fire alarms. Indeed, the problem of false alarms got so bad back in 2014 that in London the Fire Brigade started charging premises with a poor false alarm record in order to recover their costs because they estimated that they were running at about £37 million a year! In fact, British Standard BS5839 states that fire alarms should be inspected by a competent person every six months. For larger premises with complex fire alarm systems such as HMOs it is suggested that they be serviced every quarter.

  5. Contact Us The Stable office, Young Oak Water Lane Oxton, Southwell, UK NG25 0SH Tel: 0115 896 3814 Mail : info@uk-fireriskassessments.co.uk Website :https://www.ukfireriskassessments.co.uk/

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