FASS News

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those who visited us today (17th May) at our stand whilst attending the 2016 annual NAHFO conference at the Redworth Hall Hotel, County Durham.

Fire and Safety Solutions Ltd will be exhibiting tomorrow and Thursday (18th and 19th of May 2016) and would welcome you to come and say ‘hello’ to us and to discuss any fire and safety questions you may have or to see how our services can benefit you.

The National Association of Healthcare Fire Officers (NAHFO) conference is aimed at anyone within the healthcare industry, whether that is NHS Fire Safety Officers, Nominated Officers, Fire Safety Managers, Estate Managers, Local Authority Fire Safety Officers, Private healthcare fire safety professionals and residential care staff with a responsibility towards fire safety.

Further details about how you can attend the conference can be found on the NAHFO website at www.nahfonorthern.com or please contact us at FASS to find out more. We look forward to seeing you there.

As with any business connected to the Fire and Safety Industry, here at Fire and Safety Solutions Ltd we are often called upon to carry out routine maintenance work, whether that’s checking a smoke detector or even replacing discoloured signage – we are always happy to help.

Routine maintenance work, whilst vital in ensuring your equipment is up to date and safe, is by it’s very nature… ‘routine’. Therefore most people will arrange an appointment for one of our engineers to attend, they will see our engineer who will quietly and as unobtrusively as possible carry out the maintenance, then once finished the engineer leaves and the job is complete. You would expect nothing different.

However, for us at FASS routine is never just ‘routine’. Routine means detail, safety and accountability for every action taken. We would never send just any engineer out for even the most minor of maintenance tasks. Take for example a simple lightbulb in an Emergency Lighting Exit Sign, if the wrong bulb is fitted and the sign fails not only are you in breech of legislation but more seriously it could fail in an emergency resulting in loss of life.

Many of our clients Fire Safety Equipment is located in difficult to reach areas, such as high up within warehousing for example, whereby the use of a cherry picker would be required to safely maintain the item – it is essential therefor that the cherry picker is operated and used safely within your premises, both for our engineers safety and that of your staff too.

For this reason all of our staff are qualified to use equipment by ensuring they have completed an International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)  qualification and they also understand the importance of operating safely within an environment. Each member of our team adheres to our core values of safety first and checking every little detail, because small errors can lead to large consequences. Each item that is maintained by our engineers is fully accountable back to them and the slightest discrepancy results in disciplinary action. We take keeping our clients systems fully maintained and more importantly, keeping our clients safe seriously and we believe our clients would expect nothing else.

Therefor your routine system maintenance tasks may well be routine, but to us at FASS, every detail counts. To find out more or to book your routine maintenance please contact us.

Fire and Safety Solutions Ltd are pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at the 2016 annual NAHFO conference, held from Tuesday the 17^th to Thursday the 19^th of May at the Redworth Hall Hotel, County Durham.

The National Association of Healthcare Fire Officers (NAHFO) represents all of those who are associated with healthcare fire safety and gives a voice to those people at a national level. The two day conference creates an opportunity for people to meet industry experts and to find out about the latest developments within the industry.

The conference is aimed at anyone within the healthcare industry, whether that is NHS Fire Safety Officers, Nominated Officers, Fire Safety Managers, Estate Managers, Local Authority Fire Safety Officers, Private healthcare fire safety professionals and residential care staff with a responsibility towards fire safety.

FASS would be delighted to welcome you to our stand and to discuss how we can assist you with your fire and safety needs. If you would like further details about this conference, please either contact us or visit the dedicated NAHFO website at www.nahfonorthern.com

Fire and Safety Solutions Ltd are pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at the Huntingdon Business Fair on Thursday 21 April 2016, 10.00am — 4.00pm. The event is to be held at Wood Green Animal Shelters, King’s Bush Farm, London Road, Godmanchester, PE29 2NH and is our region’s largest B2B event, attracting over 100 exhibitors and a selection of guest speakers.

We would be delighted to see you and welcome you to our double stand (number F1/G1) where we would be pleased to show you our full range of products and services.

We would also welcome the opportunity to have an informal chat regarding fire and safety requirements your business needs to be compliant and how FASS could help you meet these.

To find out more about the Huntingdon Business Fair, please visit the dedicated website at http://www.huntsbizfair.co.uk/

We look forward to seeing you there.

When you think of Kitchen Fire Suppression Systems most people think of large scale commercial kitchens with all of the associated fire and safety equipment, ready to deal with a fat fire or similar emergency rapidly and automatically, keeping staff and buildings safe from the danger of fire.

However, those risks are just as relevant in your home and many people are not aware that our automatic fire suppression systems can also be installed in domestic kitchens as well as commercial kitchens, keeping you safe from fire by extinguishing it immediately.

Recently, at Fire and Safety Solutions we received one such enquiry from a private individual who requested a very specific installation, a complete kitchen fire suppression system to be installed over the cooker hob at their flat in Kensington. In addition, as the kitchen is a very modern, clean and contemporary design, none of the suppression system should be visible.

Most systems supplied by other fire safety companies would struggle to meet this need, however the nature of our system combined with our installation experience means we knew that we would be able to design and install the perfect solution.

The images on this page show the system following the installation and we think you will agree, it is extremely discreet. The cylindrical cooker hood contains the extraction fan, filters and electrics as normal but in addition on the underside of the hood there are 2 nozzles where the suppression agent is emitted from (in this case, FM200 which is a clean suppression that leaves no sticky residue).

The sensor tubing that detects a fire and initiates our system is housed out of sight within the cooker hood too, directly over the hob where the source of the fire would be.

The cupboard immediately to the right in the photographs contains the central heating/water boiler for the flat. Occupying a very small space right at the top of the cupboard is our fire extinguisher containing FM200 plus the controls which are completely out of the way.

There is also a manual release which can be used by the client if desired which is housed in the cupboard. The client also requested an electrical output facility which they could connect to a fire alarm which is an optional extra.

We are extremely proud and happy with the installation but more than that the client is delighted which is always our aim. The system offers full fire protection without compromising the design of the kitchen or being instructive.

To find out more about our fire suppression systems and how FASS can help you’re your domestic or commercial suppression needs, please contact us or visit our dedicated website www.automaticfiresuppressionsystems.co.uk

At Fire and Safety Solutions Ltd we always aim to provide the very best service to our clients, not only by supplying industry leading fire safety products, but also by ensuring that our staff are fully trained and independently checked.

We are delighted to be congratulating FASS employee James Henderson on his recent BAFE Qualified Technician accreditation in recognition of his high standard of workmanship as a fire extinguisher, fire suppression system and fire alarm technician and also his understanding and knowledge of fire safety.

Speaking on James’s achievement, Paul Wilkinson, Managing Director of FASS said; “We are really proud of James and his commitment to Fire Safety and ensuring he always goes above and beyond to do a good and most importantly, safe job. It’s that approach to work that we really look for in our team so to also have this officially recognised by BAFE is fantastic – congratulations to James.”

To find out more about how our BAFE qualified technicians can help you with your Fire and Safety needs, please contact us.