Your fire alarm in your commercial premises is a life safety system. It’s there to protect you by detecting signs of a fire and triggering the alarm as an early warning system to help you act swiftly. So, naturally, you don’t just want anyone installing and servicing your building’s fire alarm. Read on to …
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75% wait for someone else to react when a fire alarm sounds, and only 10% act immediately. Fire alarms going off can be a tedious interruption, but just because it’s likely to be a false alarm doesn’t mean it is. But in all seriousness, what’s more tedious? Evacuating a premises and finding it isn’t a …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6jKsNvbhLM Don’t be fooled, there’s a lot more to that hulk of wood than you think. Fire doors are an essential component of your building’s passive fire protection. The WFP experts have put together an easy guide here on everything you need to know about fire doors to keep your premises safe and legal. 1. …
Running a premises is no easy feat. There’s a lot of juggling involved and usually a lot of frustration, particularly if you’ve got a number of service providers working for you. These days, “shopping around” is the norm – you want the best value for the service you get, and many resort to splitting up …
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Here are six common questions answered about fire safety training in the workplace Fire safety training is a paramount aspect of business management, and the most important way to protect people is to arm them with the knowledge to respond in the most efficient way during an emergency situation. The first priority when a fire …
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Your business intruder alarm explained. The first step to installing an intruder alarm in your business or commercial premises is to find out which grade of detection your insurer requires you to have (Grade 2 or 3). You’ll then want to be looking at choosing the type of detection suitable to your building and operational …
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Behind every team of industry-leading engineers is a dedication to learning, driven by an impressive training programme. And our training programme here at WFP is like no other. Mostly, because it never stops! Every one of our engineers, following their induction training, has a one-on-one day in our purpose-built training room every month to ensure …
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Time’s run out for the EMS 5000 fire alarm system. You will be looking at this page as you’ll have an EMS 5000, also known as the EMS FirePoint 5000 (or 5004, 5012, 5048, 5096, depending on how many zones the system covers). If you have an EMS 5000 system installed in your building, you …
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The BS 5839 Part 1 is a code of practice for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of fire protection systems in commercial/non-domestic premises. These “non-domestic premises” include offices, shops and shopping centres, hotels, public houses and restaurants, hospitals, schools, churches and care homes, among many others. It also includes the communal areas of domestic …
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