fire
extinguishers
There are 4 main types of fire extinguisher in general use, plus dedicated
extinguishers for specialist applications such as cooking fats & oils and
metal fires. The 'old' British Standard for fire extinguishers (BS 5423)
stipulated that the entire body of the extinguisher be colour coded to
indicate the contents as follows:
Red-Water, Cream-Foam, Blue-Powder and Black-CO2.
BS EN 3 requires that ALL
fire extinguishers be coloured RED,
although BS 7863 allows between 3% to 5% of the body (usually the label)
to be colour coded in accordance with the 'old' system. |
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FIRE EXTINGUISHER SALES
BEWARE! Some
companies charge extortionate prices for fire extinguishers (£200 - £300).
You can buy fire extinguishers at very
reasonable prices on line at the following web site, copy and paste the
address into your browser
www.mfs-fire-extinguishers.co.uk
FIRE EXTINGUISHER
SERVICING
Fire extinguishers
should be serviced by a competent person at least annually.
We can provide fire extinguisher servicing at
competitive prices in most areas. Email us for a quote on
servicing@marsden-fire-safety.co.uk we need to know where you are
and how many extinguishers you have.
FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAINING
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety)
Order 2005, requires that the responsible person must, where necessary 'take
measures for firefighting in the premises' and 'nominate
competent persons to implement those measures and ensure their training and
the equipment available to them are adequate......' It is important
that anyone expected to tackle a fire
should be trained, the implications if anyone is injured. and has not been
trained are obvious. Marsden Fire Safety
can provide such
training.
TRAINING VIDEOS CD's
and DVD's are also available - click here
for details Need a
FIRE LOGBOOK?
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