An Independent Fire Engineering & Distributors Association (IFEDA) member\u2019s survey has highlighted risks of on-line purchased fire extinguishers.<\/p>\n
In almost 80% of cases it was found that extinguishers purchased via online sources were installed into buildings without receiving the required \u2018commissioning service\u2019 as specified by British Standards.<\/p>\n
Examples of other common errors included: The survey also highlighted that up to 60% of businesses and properties that had \u2018self\u2019 installed fire extinguishers did not meet even the basic requirements of BS5306 Parts 3 and Part 8.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople are risking their own lives to save a few pounds by purchasing fire equipment online, not installing extinguishers correctly could lead to a dispute with insurance companies and could even lead to a prosecution under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order\u201d Natalie Rees Managing Director of T. & J Fire Stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An Independent Fire Engineering & Distributors Association (IFEDA) member\u2019s survey has highlighted risks of on-line purchased fire extinguishers. In almost 80% of cases it was found that extinguishers purchased via online sources were installed into buildings without receiving the required \u2018commissioning service\u2019 as specified by British Standards. Examples of other common errors included: \u2022 Extinguishers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,14,12],"tags":[22,20],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tjfire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tjfire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tjfire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tjfire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tjfire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1356"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tjfire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1462,"href":"https:\/\/tjfire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356\/revisions\/1462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tjfire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tjfire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tjfire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tjfire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>\u2022 Extinguishers placed into ready to use locations by untrained persons without discharge hoses fitted
\n\u2022 Inappropriate extinguishers placed in areas to cover the risks present
\n\u2022 Carbon dioxide extinguishers placed into service without swivel horns being correctly secured.
\n\u2022 There were even examples of extinguishers which had leaked their contents during transit and were then unwittingly placed into service totally empty.<\/p>\n