These are used for lower-risk businesses and separate your premises into various zones – but does not narrow down the alert to an exact location within the zone.

These are more suitable for businesses or organisations that have bigger premises, greater staff/visitor numbers or are at higher risk. With this fire alarm system, every detector has its own ‘address’, so that on activation, you can identify the exact location of the hazard.

Our smart control panels give you a central system to enable the monitoring of circuits and fault signals, plus provide the facilities for testing, disabling devices, audible alert silencing and system resets. Control panels must be placed in a low-risk location, near the ground floor entrance.

There are a range of different detectors you may wish to consider, depending on the results of your fire risk assessment, including:

• Heat detectors – these come in two types; to trigger an alert when it registers a pre-set temperature, or to trigger an alert based on the rate of the rise in temperature.
• Smoke detectors – these can register smoke in three different ways; ionisation, light obscuring and light scattering.
• Carbon monoxide detectors – these are not the same as a residential CO detector but instead monitor CO released as a result of a fire outbreak.
• Multi-sensor detectors – an algorithmic-based sensor, combining both optical and heat detection.

You’ll have several choices when it comes to audio alerting mechanisms, including bells, dome bells, solid-state sounders, sirens of varying sizes and frequencies and motor or pneumatic horns.

Whether you have a new or existing fire alarm system, we’ll connect your alarms to a reliable, 24/7 monitoring station, providing key holder and/or fire brigade response capabilities.

You have a legal responsibility to meet all fire alarm regulations for commercial buildings – so we’ll make sure you do exactly that, giving you the peace of mind that you’re legally and physically protected with our quality fire alarm system. The person responsible for Fire Alarm Safety is the owner, employer, landlord or occupier – each of these people must work together if several apply. If you don’t comply with regulations you place your building, equipment, stock and staff at risk, and could also face a fine or even imprisonment.

The risks associated with a Fire breakout can’t be underestimated, and a fully working and compliant commercial Fire Alarm system is the only way to truly mitigate those risks and reduce liabilities. While insurance claims can be inconvenient and complex, the biggest potential tragedy is the very real threat to loss of life. Stock can be expensive to replace and slow down operations and production, but ensuring staff and visitors have the best chance of escape should the worst happen is something you simply can’t leave to chance.

A properly conducted Fire risk assessment is an integral and essential element of your health and safety processes – make sure that your designated responsible person understands every element of this process, to ensure your health and safety policies are fully up-to-date and effective.