Weekly Testing

Responsibilities

You are the Responsible Person for fire safety if you are deemed to have control of the premises?

As the owner, landlord, or individual with ultimate control over a business premises, you are legally obligated to adhere to fire safety regulations.

There are many factors the Responsible Person must consider in this role, to ensure compliance with The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

First First are here to help.

What Fire Alarm Testing Needs To be Completed

The British Standard BS 5839 recommends that all fire alarm systems be serviced annually over a minimum of two visits.

Weekly testing should be completed by the responsible person and recorded in the fire log book, ideally this should be completed on the same day at the same time every week.

A manual call point should be operated with the test key using a different call point each week.

It is the responsibility of the building owner to ensure that testing is carried out on a weekly basis alternatively

Fire First can take over the responsibility of this managing the entire process

What to expect?

Where possible the same engineer who is familiar with your system will attend
Qualified and experience engineers
Panel checks completed
A manual call point will be tested once a week.
Issues, any faulty equipment must and will be recorded in the fire log book
Check the fire log book for any false alarms that have occurred, false alarms and faults should have been recorded in the log book by the responsible person

Weekly Testing

Responsibilities

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Where possible the same engineer who is familiar with your system will attend

Qualified and experience engineers

Panel checks completed

A manual call point will be tested once a week.

Issues, any faulty equipment must and will be recorded in the fire log book

Check the fire log book for any false alarms that have occurred, false alarms and faults should have been recorded in the log book by the responsible person