Repainting Fire Hydrants in Southminster
Our Total Safe engineers have been in Southminster this week repainting Fire Hydrants. It is important repainting Fire Hydrants if their colour has faded. Remember; the brighter they are, the…
What if I have taken over a premises with Fire Hydrants on site?
What if I have just purchased/taken over the management of private premises? ~ YOU are now responsible for managing the Fire Hydrants on site. Fire Hydrants require testing annually. This…
Numbers on a Fire Hydrant – what do they mean?
If you live in a house and walk within 100 metres of your front door, chances are you will see at least one of these; a little yellow ‘H’ which…
Fire Hose Reels; what should you know about this service?
Fire hose reels are located at strategic points in the building to provide a reasonably accessible and controlled supply of water (or other fire retardant) for extinguishing fires. Having your...
Dry Riser Testing and Dry Riser Maintenance
The next service we want to talk about is the Fire Hydrant and Dry Riser Testing and Dry Riser Maintenance. Dry Riser Testing and Dry Riser Maintenance often get overlooked…
Fire Hydrant Problems
There are many things that can go wrong with a hydrant. Such things that could hinder it from its full potential if firefighters need to use it. Here are a…
Damage to a Fire Hydrant; would you report it?
The Fire Hydrants used by fire and rescue services to supply water for firefighting are called statutory hydrants. This is as opposed to private fire hydrants found on private water…
Is your parking putting lives at risk?
How frustrating is it when you go to leave the house, and someone has parked across your drive? Or you are leaving the shops, and somebody has blocked you in?…
Misuse of Fire Hydrants; “If it’s green, it’s clean”
Did you know that the misuse of Fire Hydrants and vandalism of them is actually a criminal offence? Not only can it damage the hydrant itself, it can even break…
London Fire Hydrants; you are never more than 90 metres from one.
London fire hydrants – you are never more than 90 metres away from one in the capital. There are over 115,000 Fire Hydrants in the city alone. The London Fire…
