Fire alarm servicing and maintenance for Washington buildings
The North East combines student cities, riverside apartments, older terraces let as HMOs, and established industrial estates and trade parks across Tyne and Wear, Teesside and Northumberland.
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 Washington
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 Washington
- Landlords and managing agents
- Facilities managers
- Housing associations
- Schools and colleges
- Retail and hospitality
- Industrial estates
Areas we cover from Washington
From Washington we also cover Gateshead (5 miles), Sunderland (5 miles), Newcastle upon Tyne (7 miles), South Shields (8 miles) and North Shields (8 miles). Elsewhere in Tyne and Wear we work in Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Gateshead, South Shields and North Shields. If your building is not in a listed town, we still cover it: every enquiry for fire alarm servicing and maintenance in North East England is handled the same way.