Legislation & Servicing Information.

Each year fire extinguishers save the UK economy over £500 million.
Prevent over 1,500 injuries.
Successfully extinguish the fire in over 80% of instances.

Regulations:
By law, all employers must provide staff with adequate means of tackling a fire in the workplace.
There is also a legal obligation for a competent person to at least, annually service the fire fighting equipment to the standard of BS 5306 part 3.
This is explained in the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations,
regulation 6: Where it is necessary to provide fire extinguishing equipment to safeguard employees in the event of fire, (BS 5306 Part 8)
this equipment shall be maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair. (BS 5306 Part 3)
As well as the annual inspection by a competent person, workplaces must also ensure that they carry out their own weekly fire extinguisher checks.

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