Evacuations, Not Injury
Every month Fire and Rescue teams up and down the country deal with a wide range of incidents. Some fires are started accidently, others on purpose, some affect homes, others commercial or public buildings, but all have the potential to cause considerable harm. As a couple of examples, the London Fire and Rescue service was […]
Fire Safety in Public Buildings
We can make decisions about the fire safety equipment we install in our homes and we can ensure that our workplace is compliant, but fire safety affects every aspect of our lives. We assume that when we are in a public building, that the person responsible has abided by the regulations. Since the Regulatory Reform […]
Reducing the Risk of Fire Damage
Once a spark has ignited, fire can spread rapidly through a building. The fire produces intense and dry heat which means flammable items within the building can easily catch alight and provide further fuel for the flames to spread. In addition to the heat and flames, fires give off smoke which can cause a lot […]
Kew Primary School – Fire Protection Upgrade
A primary school in Kew, West London, asked us to upgrade its building for greater safety following a review with its insurance company. We surveyed the school’s premises for free and recommended that it replace some of its doors, as well as making others more heat and smoke resistant by using intumescent strips and […]
Big Yellow Self-Storage – Extinguishers and Fire Safety Signs
We have been working with Big Yellow Self Storage, the UK’s leading self-storage company, to protect its units from fire for 15 years and are one of its preferred fire safety suppliers. So far we have fitted out over fifty Big Yellow storage facilities with extinguishers. We’ve also worked with Big Yellow to develop […]
BlackRock – Fire Safety Training
Peter Woodman, our trainer, has been delivering fire safety training for BlackRock, the multi-trillion dollar investment company, to its City of London office for several years. The global financial giant was so impressed with Peter’s work that, when it opened a brand new Scottish office, it asked him to make a special trip to Edinburgh and […]
Case Study: Amazon.co.uk – Fire Extinguisher Installation
The World’s largest online retailer asked us to make sure its brand new office in Holborn, central London, met fire safety requirements before it moved 1600 staff into the 210,000 square foot glass and steel building. We had previously certified Amazon’s offices in London’s Barbican and in Slough, which housed many hundreds of the large […]
Helmets, Honours, and a Dog Named Vinnie – Meet Peter Woodman, Surrey Fire’s Expert Trainer
We’re lucky at Surrey Fire and Safety Ltd. to have a team of passionate, dedicated professionals, and perhaps none more so than Peter Woodman, our trainer. Before joining Surrey Fire, Peter had a long and distinguished career of over 30 years in the London Fire Brigade, rising to the rank of Watch Commander, and has […]
Playing With Fire – Freight, Factories & Food are the Most Flammable Industries
Have you ever wondered how likely your business is to have a fire? Surely the probability can’t be that high, right? Well, statistics for the latest year count 75,000 commercial incidents, meaning that, on average, you have a 2% chance of suffering a fire in your business premises. However, that risk increases significantly for […]