Fire alarm servicing and maintenance for Colchester buildings
The East of England has fast-growing new towns, historic market towns, science parks and a busy logistics sector around its ports. Timber-framed listed buildings and modern warehousing sit side by side, each with very different fire detection needs.
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 Colchester
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 Colchester
- Landlords and managing agents
- Facilities managers
- Housing associations
- Schools and colleges
- Retail and hospitality
- Industrial estates
Areas we cover from Colchester
From Colchester we also cover Ipswich (16 miles), Chelmsford (21 miles), Bury St Edmunds (25 miles), Southend-on-Sea (25 miles) and Basildon (28 miles). Elsewhere in Essex we work in Chelmsford, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon and Harlow. If your building is not in a listed town, we still cover it: every enquiry for fire alarm servicing and maintenance in East of England is handled the same way.