Fire Safety

Fire Safety Signs

Posted on 30th June 2014 by in Fire Safety, Fire Signs

Fire Signs

Fire Signs

It is a legal requirement of a business owner or employer to ensure that sufficient signage is provided where there is a significant risk to health and safety. Safety signs regulations standardise safety signs throughout the EU so that wherever a particular safety sign is given, it portrays the same message. This is to ensure that workers moving from site to site will not be faced with different signs. A large proportion of the safety signs regulations relate to fire signs and in particular to Means of Escape, Fire Action Notices and Fire ID signage which all endorse the relevant parts of British Standard BS 5499. Other requirements for a building’s signage may also be laid out in its Fire Certificate or Fire Risk Assessment.

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P50 Service Free Fire Extinguishers

Posted on 30th June 2014 by in Fire Extinguishers & Blankets, Fire Safety

P50 Service Free Fire Extinguishers

P50 Service Free Fire Extinguishers

Discount Fire Supplies have recently added a range of service free fire extinguishers from Britannia. The P50 service free extinguishers are built using design technology pioneered by the motor racing, defence aircraft and aerospace industries. They can be maintained by staff members using a simple two-step programme and only require discharge testing and refilling after ten years.

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Carbon Monoxide – The Silent Killer

Posted on 21st May 2014 by in Carbon Monoxide Detectors, Fire Safety

The Dangers of Carbon Monoxide

The Dangers of Carbon Monoxide

It has recently been confirmed that a couple found dead on Boxing Day 2013 died from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a portable generator.

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Integrating CO Alarms Into a Fire Alarm System

Posted on 1st May 2014 by in Carbon Monoxide Detectors, Fire Safety

Zeta CO-200 CO Alarm

Zeta CO-200 Carbon Monoxide Alarm

The dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning are very well known and fortunately the number of people taking adequate precautions, including the installation of CO alarms, is rising. This being considered the vast majority of alarms are standalone, battery operated alarms with the warning being limited to their integrated sounder.

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Shed Fire Safety

Posted on 30th April 2014 by in Fire Safety

Garden Shed

Garden Shed

Four homes were recently evacuated when a fire broke out in a garden shed in Wrexham. This situation is more common than people might expect with sheds posing a number of fire safety risks, often containing highly flammable items such as gas cylinders, chemicals, oily rags and electrical items that, if not stored correctly, could cause a fire with devastating consequences.

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Changing Standards: BS5839 Part 6 2013

Posted on 18th November 2013 by in Fire Safety

Changing Standards: BS5839 Part 6 2013

Changing Standards: BS5839 Part 6 2013

It seems to be quite a regular occurrence that we have to spend time in familiarisation with some amended or updated guidance document. Of course this is essential, but it leaves us all with the problem of somehow finding out about all the changes taking place. This is a major problem for most of us as there are myriads of application standards and other essential inter-related documents.

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HMO Fire Alarm Systems: where to start and what to consider?

Posted on 30th October 2013 by in Fire Alarm Systems, Fire Safety

new apartments

Fire Alarms for Multiple Occupancy Buildings

How do we decide if flats and apartments need fire alarm systems? This is quite a complicated question and the answer varies according to which type of accommodation it may be, i.e. houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) or self-contained dwellings (flats or apartments), and of course on any specific risks and the number of storeys.

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The Dangers of Carbon Monoxide

Posted on 3rd September 2013 by in Carbon Monoxide Detectors, Company News, Fire Safety

Carbon Monoxide

The Dangers Of Carbon Monoxide

Carbon monoxide is responsible for more than 50 deaths a year in the UK alone and leaves more than 200 people seriously ill. It has no smell or taste making it difficult to detect and it’s for this reason that no home should be without a good, reliable carbon monoxide alarm. This month, to help you keep your friends, families and colleagues safe, Discount Fire Supplies have reduced the price of the Zeta Domestic LED Carbon Monoxide Alarm by nearly 40%.

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Changing Standards: BS5839 Part 1 2013

Posted on 12th June 2013 by in Fire News, Fire Safety

Changing Standards: BS5839 Part 1 2013

Changing Standards: BS5839 Part 1 2013

It seems to be quite a regular occurrence that we have to spend time in familiarisation with some amended or updated guidance document. Of course this is essential, but it leaves us all with the problem of somehow finding out about all the changes taking place. This is a major problem for most of us as there are myriads of application standards and other essential inter-related documents.

One of the current topics of conversation in the industry is the recent release of BS5839 Part 1 2013, which is one of the most essential guidance documents for designers and installers of Fire Detection Systems.

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The Efficiency of Fire And Rescue Authorities

Posted on 28th May 2013 by in Company News, Fire News, Fire Safety

Review of the Efficiency of Fire and Rescue Authorities

Review of the Efficiency of Fire and Rescue Authorities

Earlier this month a report was released by Sir Ken Knight CBE QFSM FIFireE in which he outlines his “Findings from the review of efficiencies and operation in fire and rescue authorities in England.”

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