Fire Extinguisher Service
Our fire extinguisher service ensures your premises are equipped with the correct extinguishers, professionally installed, and maintained to meet UK fire safety regulations. We supply and install a full range of extinguishers suitable for all fire classes, ensuring correct placement and clear signage for rapid access in an emergency.
Our Fire Extinguisher Installation Service
Our team of qualified installers deliver a thorough, end-to-end fire extinguisher maintenance service. Whether you manage residential blocks, schools, hospitals, commercial buildings, or industrial sites, we ensure your fire extinguishers meet legal standards and function exactly as they should.
Our services are carried out by certified experts, ensuring all work meets industry standards and is compliant.
Our fire extinguisher installations are carried out by qualified and expert fire safety professionals, ensuring maximum protection.
We offer competitive pricing without compromising on quality, giving you reliable fire protection at great value.
Fire Extinguisher Installation & Maintenance
Whether you're setting up a new site or reviewing your current fire safety setup, get in touch with Element Passive Fire Protection. We can cover your fire extinguishers from start to finish to ensure everything is compliant and ready to protect you and your property for many years.
Importance of Fire Extinguisher Maintenance
Fire extinguisher maintenance involves the regular inspection, testing, and servicing of extinguishers to ensure they remain in safe working condition and ready for use in an emergency. This includes checking for pressure levels, damage, corrosion, correct signage, and ensuring each unit is suitable for its environment. Regular maintenance is not only a legal requirement under UK fire safety regulations but is essential for protecting lives and property.
A well-maintained extinguisher can make the difference between a small incident and a major fire, giving you peace of mind that you're fully prepared should the need arise.
Types of Fire Extinguishers
Water Extinguishers
Effective on fires involving wood, paper, and other solid materials. Cools the burning material to stop the fire spreading.
Foam Extinguishers
Ideal for use on flammable liquids and solid fires. Forms a blanket over burning liquids to smother flames and prevent re-ignition.
Carbon Dioxide Extinguishers
Designed for electrical fires and flammable liquids. Displaces oxygen to suffocate the fire without leaving any residue.
Dry Powder Extinguishers
Versatile extinguisher suitable for solids, liquids, gases, and electrical fires. Offers fast knockdown but can reduce visibility.
Wet Chemical Extinguishers
Specifically made for kitchen fires involving cooking oils and fats. Reacts chemically to cool and smother the fire.
What's included in our Fire Extinguisher Maintenance?
Our comprehensive fire extinguisher maintenance service includes:
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A full inspection of each extinguisher to check for damage, corrosion, or tampering
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Pressure gauge and weight checks to ensure correct operating levels
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Verification of correct signage, location, and accessibility
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Recharging or refilling if required, and disposal of any expired units
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A detailed service report and certification for your records
All work is carried out by certified technicians to ensure compliance with British Standards (BS 5306).
Why is regular Fire Extinguisher Maintenance important?
Regular fire extinguisher maintenance is crucial to ensure that each unit will function correctly and effectively in the event of a fire. Over time, extinguishers can lose pressure, become damaged, or develop faults that may not be visible without inspection. Maintenance helps identify these issues early, ensuring your equipment remains reliable, compliant with fire safety regulations, and ready to protect lives and property.
Understanding Fire Extinguisher Types & Their Use Cases
Not all fire extinguishers are the same, and choosing the right type for your premises is essential. In the UK the main classes include: water (for Class A fires: paper, wood, textiles), foam (for both Class A & B fires: flammable liquids), dry powder (versatile, can cover A, B, C & electrical), Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) for electrical and liquid fires, and wet-chemical extinguishers for cooking oil/fat fires. In the case of using the wrong type, as well as not working, it could potentially make things worse (for example: using water on an electrical fire or on a cooking oil fire).
Element PFP can help you assess which types are needed for your building, recommend the correct ones, supply them, and service them so they comply with regulations and are ready if ever needed.
What a Professional Fire Extinguisher Service Includes
When you choose a trained, certified service provider, the check-up goes beyond just ticking a box. At Element PFP, a full extinguisher service includes:
- Checking external condition: looking for corrosion, dents, damage to hoses, seals, body etc.
- Verifying pressure or charge levels, gauge readings, tamper-seals and safety pins.
- Ensuring operating instructions and signage are clear and visible.
- Testing the nozzle/hose and ensuring the extinguisher is unobstructed and properly located.
- Performing refills or recharging if the extinguisher has been partially discharged.
- Overhauls or major internal inspections (when required by type or age), especially for certain chemicals, CO₂ cylinders (with hydrostatic pressure testing).
- Detailed documentation: service labels or tags updated, full service reports, next due dates, and any recommendations for replacement.
Common Issues & When Replacement Is Necessary
Even with quality and regular maintenance, extinguishers can become unsafe or ineffective over time. Common problems include gauges that have dropped out of range, seals or pins that are missing or tampered with, rust and corrosion, blocked or degraded hoses/nozzles, expired extinguishing agent, or physical damage to the body.
If you are seeing any of these or think it's time for an overhaul of your extinguishers, please let us know. The sooner you get them checked, the sooner you can get peace of mind again.
Why Choose Element PFP for Your Fire Extinguisher Service
When you choose our team of experts for your fire extinguisher maintenance and checks, you're choosing peace of mind and compliance:
- Fully qualified, certified technicians who follow BS 5306-3 and other relevant standards.
- Transparent service reporting so you can see exactly what was checked, any issues, the current status, and what’s required next.
- Reminder systems so you never lose track of when your next service or inspection is due.
- A supply of high-quality replacement parts and extinguishers, should any units need to be upgraded or replaced.
- Fast response turnaround to minimise disruption and ensure your fire stopping equipment is maintained without delay.