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If you are someone who owns a commercial property in Galway, such as a cafe, filling station, or an office of some kind, you have a number of obligations to take care of on a daily basis. Business owners are naturally busy, which means that certain details, like keeping an eye on your fire alarm system, can often go ignored.

At ProSecurity, we have delivered fire alarm installation in Galway for a number of years, making sure business owners are completely covered and have their assets and employees protected. Often, though, they forget to make sure their fire alarm systems are working properly. We take maintenance just as seriously as the installation, because fire alarms are only effective if they work all year round.

That is why we recommend that business owners complete checks and tests, which are two different things. This blog post walks you through what both of them involve.

Checks
As a business owner, you can complete checks by yourself, and we recommend that you do this on a daily basis – incorporating it into your wider routine of managing your commercial property. All this requires is checking that there are no faults or errors displayed on the control panel; you don’t need to activate the alarm. You aren’t required to record any of this in the fire-safety logbook. It’s just a quick check to see that the system is working like it should do.

Tests
When it comes to testing, this is something that should be carried out by the building’s appointed responsible person, which could be the business owner or someone else. This individual should have appropriate training and be familiar with manufacturer’s instructions. Government regulations stipulate that tests should be carried out once a week. The test involves operating a different call point to ensure the system is fully tested and can be heard throughout the premises. Staff should be notified before, so they know the fire alarm going off is just a drill.

Are you a business owner who recently had fire alarm installation in Galway, or needs help updating their system? If so, get in touch with us at ProSecurity. We’d be happy to answer any questions over the phone and arrange an initial site visit. Get in touch with us at any time.

If you own a business in Galway, or any other part of Ireland, you will have customers and/or employees that you need to look after, along with various important physical assets, such as office equipment, inventory, or perishable goods. As you will know, it takes considerable time and money to build up a business, and if you aren’t careful, all it takes is a minor fire outbreak for it to all come crashing down.

As a result, you do not just have a moral obligation to your employees and customers to have a proper fire alarm system installed; it is also a practical and legal necessity. Any commercial building in Ireland must, by law, align with fire alarm regulations, so it is obviously important you know what these are. Failing to abide by these regulations could mean notable financial losses in the event of a fire, along with damage to physical assets and danger to other people.

In this blog post, we will walk through what the fire alarm regulations in Ireland actually are, so you can be sure your business in Galway is completely covered when it comes to fire safety.

By law, all businesses in Ireland must have a fire alarm system in place. As a business owner, you are obligated to follow the I.S. 3218 standards for fire alarm systems, which specifies requirements for how fire alarms must be designed, installed, and maintained. It covers both domestic and commercial properties and ensures that the apparatus you have in place meets a series of guidelines.

For every business, consideration needs to be made in regard to where fires are most likely to start, as this informs where smoke and heat detectors are placed throughout the building. The fire alarm system should be tested weekly and serviced every six months. If you own a building where people sleep – hotels, apartments, etc. – you are required to have a maintenance service every three months. All workers must also be able to hear the fire alarm from anywhere in the building, with call points made readily available at all exits.

Following all these guidelines is paramount, but as a busy owner of a commercial property, you may not have time. At ProSecurity, our team of professional installers have years of experience in making sure fire alarms are installed to I.S. 3218 standards, comfortably taking care of issues like ensuring detectors have been added to the right places and maintaining them to the best possible standard.

If you would like to know more about how we provide fire alarm system installation in Galway that meet legal requirements for commercial properties, please do get in touch. 

Many people think that once their fire alarm system has been installed, they no longer need to think about it. For the most part, that is true; your fire alarm and smoke detectors will not be something you need to worry about when they’ve been installed by ProSecurity’s team of licensed Galway-based professionals.
However, commercial business owners or homeowners tend to forget that regular maintenance is a fundamental part of our job at ProSecurity. Making sure that they work properly is obviously vital to us. We take this maintenance process very seriously, and so does the law. If you have an IS 3218 commercial fire alarm system installed in apartments and hotel spaces, where people sleep, or have more than 20 devices at your premises, you are obligated by law to have a maintenance service on a quarterly basis. For other properties, the requirement is every six months.

Even if it seems like all the alarms are working as they should, it is not worth taking that chance. As a business owner, you have too much to protect in terms of both assets and personnel.

Our Fire Alarm Maintenance Process

Upon installing your fire alarm system, our team will organise specific dates over the next year for when we will return to undertake a maintenance service. We shall notify you over the phone or email closer to the date, ahead of agreeing on a mutually agreeable time for a visit. On the appointed day, a team of licensed professionals will arrive at your commercial or domestic premises and undertake a comprehensive check of all your equipment.

This process will involve checking that the alarms are still linked, operational, and actually working. A member of our team will activate the alarm system to check that all call points in the property are still active and working. On top of this, we will inspect each individual battery and replace them with fresh ones wherever needed.

Our team will always make sure you have the most up-to-date fire alarm apparatus at your property. Once there is a newer, more efficient system that we use for commercial and/or domestic properties, we will come to your property and install it for you at no extra charge.

If you have a fire alarm system that needs updating or checking, whether it’s been installed by us or someone else, we at ProSecurity would be happy to help. Please give us a call at any time to discuss fire alarm maintenance in Galway.

If you are someone who owns a commercial premises in Galway, you are obligated to have a fire system in place that has been designed, installed, commissioned, certified, and maintained to IS3218 standard. You have a duty to keep your employees and patrons safe at all times, so it is important to make sure that this area is covered.

At Pro Security, we have delivered fire alarm installation in Galway for businesses of all kinds over the years, from restaurants to offices to bars. And we know that owners of commercial establishments like to know precisely what happens once their fire alarm has been installed. How does it get triggered? And what happens next? This blog post walks you through the entire process.

Installation
After drawing up all specifications and ensuring all areas of your premises are covered, our team of professionals come to your property to install your fire alarm apparatus. They will always double check that detectors and call points, along with their backups, are operating properly before leaving the property, ahead of putting the system live.

Activation
Your fire alarm system will be activated if one of the detectors in your property picks up any hint of smoke or noxious gas in the property. A system has up to 32 zones of detection, depending on the dimensions of your particular commercial property, and once one of them has been activated, the whole apparatus will be triggered. Keep in mind that all detectors come with a backup battery to ensure they work in the event of a power failure.

Alert 
Once your system has been activated, an alert is sent to our monitoring system in Galway, where our team of professionals can see the precise area where the alarm was initially tripped. They will be alerted immediately, and a notification will also be sent to your device through the mobile app. You can also use this app to activate the fire alarm system at any time.

Response 
The monitoring station team will immediately get in touch with you over the phone, along with contacting the relevant fire authorities, who will be directed to your property moments after the alarm has been triggered. If needed, our team can then visit your premises to ensure that all call points and detectors, along with their backups, are still working properly.

If you have any further questions about our commercial fire alarm installation in Galway, feel free to give us a call at any time, or fill out the contact form. 

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