MAINTENANCE OF AN ALARM SYSTEM…..
There are ways to prevent false alarms.....
Maintenance
Maintain your system – We contact our customers to book their servicing, so that’s one less thing to worry about remembering.
Cleanliness
Keep your area clean – Remove cobwebs regularly and establish a good cleaning routine.
Knowledge is key
Staff training – Ensure your teams are shown how a system works and they are comfortable in completing tasks associated with the system.
Communication
Stay in touch – If you are completing building works, speak with your system provider to ensure that harm to detectors from water, dust or other sources is reduced or considered as part of the scope of works.
Unwanted guests
Pest Control – Ensuring the areas are clean helps but also consider any pest control measures that may be required to assist in the reduction of false alarms
Regular Servicing
Servicing your system - Means faults and rectifications are identified and acted upon, keeping your system compliant to the latest standards for your industry.
It is not surprising to think poor maintenance of an alarm system results in unnecessary call outs! Leaving a system unchecked inevitably will result in a system not performing to its full potential.
Looking at call out records reveals a wealth of information to us as a business. Knowing what the cause of the alarm being triggered was, helps establish what we can do to help our customers. There will always be genuine reasons for a call out, from faulty detectors, panels and wiring issues, some of the call out’s we responded to could be avoided. Poor cleaning routines are an issue and cobwebs building up on and around the detector can cause false activations. It is very important to keep the area around sensors clean.
Poorly maintained systems, including broken parts caused alarm triggers, along with a lack of training for staff members, who through setting alarms incorrectly had caused an activation.
Rodents, insects and spiders can set off sensitive alarms and this can cause false activations that will then require a call out.
A low level of the call outs received were for genuine reasons. Around 20%. These included vandalism and water leaks, genuine fires and attempted burglary.
Our planning team are pro active in communicating with our customers for both installation, service and maintenance of fire alarm systems, therefore, we schedule works at a time that is convenient to you and your business.
Having worked with the NHS, National Trust, health care facilities and providers, waste recycling plants, as well as nursing homes, large factories, hotels, restaurants and shopping centres to name but a few.
We are able to install a wide range of fire alarm systems, from non-addressable and addressable systems. Addressable systems can pinpoint a fault location.
We also provide maintenance, service, upgrade and repairs to all makes and models of fire alarm systems.
All fire alarms are serviced, and commissioned to British Standard BS5839.
Professional design and CAD drawings of the building
Zone charts drawings
Peace of mind your protected
Compliance with legislation