Annual Test
We service all makes of fire extinguisher to BS5306 Morgan Fire Protection engineers are approved by BAFE to inspect and maintain portable fire extinguishers. Discharge testing is to be carried out at the stipulated intervals. This provides an ideal opportunity for the training of personnel in the correct use of the equipment.
Our Service Department will remind you when your annual service is due and make the necessary arrangements for an engineer to visit.
The responsible person is required to ensure the following is carried out:
1. All those persons who use the system must be instructed in its use.
2. Liaison with workers on the building such as decorators and cleaners is needed so that adverse effects on the alarm system are prevented. If the building is altered, the changes may affect the operation of the fire alarm system.
3. Ensure that the system’s efficiency is not affected by obstructions that prevent the movement of fire products to reach the detector, or obstructions obscuring or blocking access to manual call points
4. All drawings and operating instructions must be maintained.
5. The Logbook needs to be kept up to date. This includes the recording of all details that affect the alarm. The responsible person’s name needs to be recorded in this Logbook.
6. Prevention of false alarms.
7. Ensuring reinstatement of the system is given routine attention at the stipulated intervals.
8. Ensuring that the alarm system is given routine attention at the stipulated intervals.
9. After any alarm activation, damage or warning, the responsible person must ensure that the system is serviced.
10. Keep a suitable stock of spares (example, call point glass)
The ‘responsible person’ must appoint a competent person to supervise the system.
That person must be given the authority to carry out the necessary work. Battery replacements must be compatible, i.e. high temperature nical cadnium. Any replacement charger must be compatible with the batteries. Routine inspection and tests should be carried out at a time when the risk is a minimum.
Weekly testing of all water and air pressure gauges, and the motor alarm test should be sounded for at least 30 seconds. Pumps should be checked for fuel and oil levels. Battery electrolyte levels and density should be tested.
Servicing should be carried out by a competent person to current standards. This is twice a year for commercial and once a year for domestic or residential where pumps are not fitted.
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