We at Fire Protection Services are pleased to offer a wide range of portable fire extinguishers, all of which are manufactured in accordance with BS EN3 and bear the BSI Kitemark.
Our range of portable fire extinguishers here at FPS are manufactured in accordance with BS EN3 with them all bearing the BSI Kitemark.
BS EN3 is the new European Standard covering portable extinguishers. This new standard now replaces the former BS 5423:1987, which was withdrawn by the BSI on 1st January 1997. Only one standard now applies and that is BS EN3:1996.
The UK has had, until now, a unique colour coding system to identify the various extinguishing agents. The new standard requires that a minimum of 95% of the extinguisher body must now be in red. This represents a dramatic visual change in the extinguishers we have all become familiar with. In order to maintain some identity, the new standard allows colour-coded zones of up to 5% of the surface area of the extinguisher within the operating instructions label.
Fire Protection Services is a 3core2 ISO 9001:2015 Registered Firm (certificate no. 00229-QMS-001) and operates a quality assurance system accordingly. Our company is BAFE registered for the Maintenance of Portable Fire Extinguishers, under scheme SP101 and our engineers are registered service technicians under scheme ST104 (certificate no. SP101/ST104-1046).
Supply & installation of portable fire equipment is carried out in strict accordance with BS5306 part 8, the code of practice for the selection and installation of portable fire extinguishers. Maintenance of portable fire equipment is carried out in strict accordance with current British Standard BS5306 part 3, the code of practice for the maintenance of portable fire extinguishers. Means of escape and health & safety signage is supplied and installed strictly in accordance with British Standard BS5499 and the Health & Safety (Safety Signs & Signals) Regulations of 1st April 1996.
