Fire Extinguishers, Fire Safety and Personal Protection Products

UK adopts new standard for safety signs
Although ISO 7010 has been around since 2003 the UK has continued to use British Standard 5499 as the template for all safety signage. This year this is set to change with the final adoption of ISO 7010 as a European norm ISO EN 7010. Effectively the Standard has become European law thereby obliging the UK, as a member state, to adopt it. Despite its name the ISO (International Standards Organisation) is essentially a European animal and the adoption of ISO EN7010 outside of Europe is entirely a... read more

Fire extinguishers for Motor Sports
The MSA who oversee competitive Motor Sports in the UK have very strict safety regulations and require cars to carry a fire extinguisher during competitions for use in the event of accidents. They have come down firmly in favour of foam fire extinguishers (also known as AFFF fire extinguishers) either in a standard hand held version or in some race classes, particularly in championship motor sports, plumbed in systems designed to flood the cabin and engine compartment. In days past Halon exti... read more

Home fire safety Choices
Having posted several blogs about the various benefits and uses of fire extinguishers and fire safety products in the home, last week I had the opportunity to test the theory with some real life fires. We are in the process of producing a library of safety awareness videos, shortly to be posted on this website - so look out for them. As part of the video project we actually lit some fires (under controlled conditions so don't try this at home) and tried extinguishing them with different ty... read more

Smoke detectors are for life
I spent last weekend helping my daughter and family to move house. As they are renting out the old property before she vacated we had to check that the appropriate fire safety provisions were met in accordance with Health and Safety regulations, including Fire regulations, Gas Safe registration and electrical appliance safety testing. The house was already fitted with smoke detectors on each floor and a quick press of the test button showed they were in working order. As the house had a gas c... read more

Choosing the right Fireproof Safe
Our fireproof safes are independently Certified in accordance with the industry recognised EN 1047-1, NT Fire 017 and EN15659 quality standards. EN1047-1 is the principal standard for burglary protection which defines a range of security classifications from Grade 0 to Class VI with Class VI giving the highest level of security from burglary attack. From an insurance standpoint it is vitally important to ensure you choose the correct level of security consistent with the value and type of con... read more