Fire alarm servicing and maintenance for Birmingham buildings
Birmingham has one of the largest council housing estates in Europe and a city centre full of new residential towers, so we see the full range: fire door programmes, communal alarm upgrades and higher-risk building safety cases.
BS 5839-1 recommends that a competent person inspects and services your fire alarm system at intervals of no more than six months. Each visit tests a share of the detectors, all the call points over the year, the panel, the batteries and the standby power, and checks that nothing in the building has changed in a way that affects the system.
We service conventional, addressable and wireless systems from all the major manufacturers. Every visit ends with a written report that lists what was tested, any faults found, and any variations from the standard that need a decision from you. Faults are priced clearly, and we will not carry out chargeable work without your approval.
The rules that apply in Birmingham
Rented homes in England must have a smoke alarm on each storey used as living accommodation and a carbon monoxide alarm in any room with a fixed combustion appliance, other than a gas cooker. HMO licence conditions set by the local council often go further and call for a mains-wired, interlinked system to BS 5839-6.
What is included
- Six-monthly inspection and servicing visits
- Detector functional testing on a rolling schedule
- Call point, sounder and visual alarm device checks
- Battery and charger load tests
- Logbook review and false alarm analysis
- Written service report after every visit
- Reactive call-outs for faults
- Annual review of building changes that affect the system
Buildings we work on in Birmingham
- Landlords and managing agents
- Facilities managers
- Housing associations
- Schools and colleges
- Retail and hospitality
- Industrial estates
Areas we cover from Birmingham
From Birmingham we also cover West Bromwich (5 miles), Sutton Coldfield (6 miles), Solihull (7 miles), Walsall (8 miles) and Dudley (8 miles). Elsewhere in West Midlands we work in Coventry, Wolverhampton, Solihull, Walsall, Dudley and West Bromwich. If your building is not in a listed town, we still cover it: every enquiry for fire alarm servicing and maintenance in West Midlands is handled the same way.