Welcome to Lochaber FIRE Ltd
Lochaber FIRE Ltd is focused on providing high quality service and customer satisfaction throughout the Lochaber area but with affordability in mind and we will do all we can to meet your expectations.
With our company director being an ex fire service officer, your business will benefit from the wealth of expertise that we can offer.
With over 50 years of combined firefighting and fire prevention experience, Lochaber FIRE Ltd is able to pass on our knowledge and provide you with the correct equipment, thus maintaining the safety of your employees, guests, customers and business.
In addition to offering fire safety services we also provide electrical safety services through our PAT testing provision, available throughout Lochaber and beyond - do feel free to contact us to discuss either or both of these options for your business.
Welcome to Lochaber FIRE Ltd
Lochaber FIRE Ltd is focused on providing high quality service and customer satisfaction throughout the Lochaber area but with affordability in mind and we will do all we can to meet your expectations.
With our company director being an ex fire service officer, your business will benefit from the wealth of expertise that we can offer.
With over 50 years of combined firefighting and fire prevention experience, Lochaber FIRE Ltd is able to pass on our knowledge and provide you with the correct equipment, thus maintaining the safety of your employees, guests, customers and business.
In addition to offering fire safety services we also provide electrical safety services through our PAT testing provision, available throughout Lochaber and beyond - do feel free to contact us to discuss either or both of these options for your business.
Fire Safety Services
EXTINGUISHERS
All businesses must provide portable firefighting equipment and we supply, commission, install and maintain extinguishers of all types. Equipment maintenance by a competent person or company is an annual requirement for many types of business.
Extinguishers are serviced to BS5306-3 by Our fully qualified technician. All extinguishers supplied by Lochaber FIRE come with a 5 year manufactures warranty.
Commissioning is when the extinguisher is inspected and passed fit for purpose - this is something a lot of companies are not aware of as being a legal requirement. Simply buying a fire extinguisher from a retail or online outlet doesn’t make it compliant- it still needs to be commissioned (put into service) by a competent person.
Extinguishers MUST be commissioned on site - this includes extinguishers bought online or from other outlets. They must undergo commissioning by a trained technician to put them into service and maintained yearly by a competent person. Please check your insurance requirements regarding fire extinguishers. We will work with your FIRE RISK ASSESSOR to give your business the correct fire protection it requires.
We can carry out yearly inspections and 5 or 10 year discharge testing, to ensure your equipment is in a condition that if required it will perform correctly. Not maintaining your fire extinguishers can invalidate your insurance in the event of a fire and puts your staff and customers lives at risk.
Lochaber FIRE Ltd is focused on providing excellent customer service; we can supply and maintain your fire extinguishers with the service you require, we can train you to operate your extinguisher properly and to choose the correct one for the fire you intent to use it on.
Please contact us to discuss your requirements.
Our business is protecting your business!
SIGNAGE
Fire, health and safety and way-finding signage is required in the workplace to identify hazards and to provide information quickly and easily.
Fire fighting: include fire extinguisher ID signs, a simple sign telling you if it’s safe to use on whatever is on fire or fire action codes or call point signs.
Health and safety: information keeping you safe from hazardous materials or machinery, open spaces and trip hazards or sounds, just a few examples where these signs are used.
Way-finding: It doesn’t have to be in an emergency situation where way finding signs are essential - finding your way out of a building under normal conditions can be hard enough BUT add in an emergency scenario eg a fire and these signs become life saving.
Good signage saves lives
You might be familiar with your premises but given a smoke filled building even those that are familiar can easily become disorientated. Good signage to a point of safety or exit gives people reassurance they’re going to get out.
With photoluminescent signs able to keep providing this in the event of a power failure Lochaber FIRE Ltd can take care of your signage requirements. Our preferred signage for fire and way-finding-signage is JALITE photoluminescent signage that stands out from the rest.
EMERGENCY LIGHTING
All businesses need to provide emergency lighting and this needs to be maintained by a competent person with a yearly discharge test.
This is best done when the premise is empty of staff and customers as the test lasts for 3 hours.
During the test the batteries are checked to make sure they’re fit for purpose and provide the require levels of light to be passed fit for service.
Being plunged into darkness during a power failure or emergency situation can cause people to panic and emergency lighting provides light to allow safe egress from the building.
The tests are carried out after hours as once completed the batteries need time to recharge, so the emergency lighting will be non effective during this time.
Please contact us to discuss your requirements.
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FIRE DOORS
Fire doors play a huge part in our passive fire protection and depending on the rating of each door they must maintain compartmentation for 30, 60, 90, or 120 minutes during a fire situation.
Non compliant and poorly fitted fire doors remove this safety barrier and can allow smoke and fire to travel throughout a building unchallenged.
With smoke seals and intumescent seals, any gaps are closed and the door should hold back fire and smoke long enough to allow firefighters to rescue you.
In many areas of the UK Fire door inspection is now a legal requirement and some doors need inspecting every 3 months to assess if they are fit for purpose.
Poorly fitted or non compliant doors will not hold back fire or smoke and the consequences of this can be deadly.
Contact us for advice and to make a site visit.
DUTY HOLDER / RESPONSIBLE PERSON
THE Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Regulatory Reform Order 2005 give guidance on all aspects of fire safety that the Duty Holder (the expression used in Scotland) or the Responsible Person (used in England and Wales) must adhere to.
To do this you require the services of a competent person (someone with training and experience) to carry out and make sure you are safe and compliant - we would be delighted to assist you in this.
Electrical Safety Services
PAT TESTING
Do you maintain your portable electrical equipment? Yearly testing of portable appliances (anything with a plug) is essential in keeping you, your employees and your customers or guests safe from shock or electrocution.
PAT testing is a simple test performed on most equipment annually (except on construction sites etc where testing is more frequent) and it could save a life.
Employers, guest house owners, etc, are required to take steps to provide safe equipment, so don’t leave it to chance that your equipment is safe. Get it tested.
Contact us to discuss your needs and to make an appointment.
Contact Lochaber FIRE Ltd
Phone Lochaber FIRE Ltd on 07479 320999 or fill out the contact form below to let us know how we can help.
WASTE CARRIAGE AND DISPOSAL
We are registered with SEPA to carry waste products relating to our business. In line with their strict guidelines our waste products are disposed of in an environmentally friendly way through an authorised licensed disposal company.
Some extinguishing agents are now deemed to be hazardous to the environment so have to be disposed of in a controlled manner - we fully support this and support protecting the environment and we keep the cost of this as low as possible to our clients.
OUR LICENCES AND MEMBERHSIPS
Lochaber FIRE Ltd is fully insured and carries Public Liability Insurance through ?
A company Registered in Scotland - No: SC839317
VAT registered
Registered SEPA Waste Carrier
We are members of The UK Fire Association
We are members of the British Fire Service Association