Servicing of Portable Fire Extinguishers

Brief description of the work
Servicing of portable fire extinguishers and hose reels

Sequence of work and how operations are controlled
Engineers will service portable fire extinguishers to BS 5306 and hose reels to BS 3169. Our engineers are trained to service the said fire equipment at the fire equipments point of origin. Where this is not possible a safe site will be sought to carry out this task

On site supervision arrangements
No on or off site supervisory arrangements are required. Our service engineers are trained to work safely unaccompanied and adhere to any on site local safety practices.

Individual responsible for controlsand monitoring performance
The senior service engineer and our service co-ordinator are responsible for auditing, monitoring and controlling performance.

Plant and equipment to be used and operator training requirements
Hand tools i.e. scales and low voltage, battery operated power tools only to be used by our engineer and are fully trained for said equipment’s safe use

Occupational Health Assessments (risk, noise, Coshh, etc)
Assessments will be prepared and available on site and our operatives have been fully briefed on any products safe use.

Safety of third parties
Close liaisons with on site management is ensured for the safety of third parties

Environmental Controls
Any environmental controls required will be strictly adhered to

First Aid and PPE requirements        
Operative’s carry a comprehensive first aid kit and are provided with all necessary PE required for the nature of this task

 Emergency Procedures          
Any local emergency procedures will be adhered to and our own emergency procedures assessed on site

 

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