Fire Extinguishers, Fire Safety and Personal Protection Products

Crossing the Rubicon
We have crossed the Rubicon for another year with the return on Sunday last of "daylight saving" time, a sure reminder that winter is closing in. Exactly what part of the daylight we are saving is a mystery to me as is finding any logical reason for arbitrarily changing the time of day in the first place. As dawn now arrives in my neck of the woods around 6.30am "daylight wasting" might be a better description as even I am languishing in bed at that time.  Personally I much prefer to drive to wo... read more

Sunday Blues
For me Sunday mornings are something of a ritual. Haven risen early, hopefully leaving the wife undisturbed to enjoy her equally ritual lie in, I shower and shave, dress myself - as for now at least I have the faculties to do so, prepare a brew of overly strong black coffee and settle myself to read the Sunday paper which thankfully is delivered prompt by 8.00am. For one hour in a usually hectic week I have the luxury to put fire and safety and all things extinguisher on the back burner and indu... read more

Students learn the hard way
It's that time of year again as thousands, nay tens of thousands of fresh faced students leave home, many for the first time in their lives, to attend University. Mum has packed them off with everything but the kitchen sink to squash into the changing cubicles that pass as student accommodation in most Halls of Residence. The shock to the system for the erstwhile fresher is the realization that for the next 4 or 5 years they have to largely fend for themselves rather than relying on the mirac... read more

Autumn Update
It has been a busy couple of weeks for Fire and Safety Centre with the focus very much on new product introductions and Autumn price discounts. So much so that there has been little time for penning my more ethereal blogs from which I must divert my attention to give you an update on recent activity. Given the complexity of the RRO legislation and recent publication of a revised BS5306:3 Code of Practice it is not surprising that our business customers have been pressing for guidance on what ... read more

Fire Story Of The Week
The following is purported to be a true story but I leave it to you to guess. Either way it's a cracking yarn about a snake biting a snake biting a snake back!! The setting is Charlotte, North Carolina, US of A A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them, which included among other things, insurance against fire. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the pol... read more