Multitech Safety & Security

Your Trusted Safety Solution

We promotes safety and security to protect life and property across major industries namely residential and commercial facilities, oil and gas refineries, airports and aviation, health care and education, military and police, hospitality and leisure.

Overview

Multitech Safety & Security is an engineering solution enterprise with demonstrated experience in successful management and implementation of projects throughout the country to ensure the consent. We provide consent consultancy as well as services for consent development.

The reasons that made us change for the better are many: what we want our stakeholders to think of us, the values that have marked our long history, our continuous investment in research, our unyielding commitment to our customers and the creativity that we put everyday into designing and building our services.

Products & Solutions

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a fire alarm system?

A Fire Alarm System is a number of devices that work together to warn the occupants of a building that carbon monoxide, fire and smoke are present and to evacuate immediately. The alarm system will typically combine auditory and visual warnings to bring attention to the emergency.

What types of fire alarm are there?
Addressable, Conventional, Wireless and Air Sampling. Many fire protection providers have only one system offering, limiting their technical solution options but BBC Fire & Security is a true systems house, enabling us to match and offer a system solution from a selection of the leading manufacturers that best meet you own particular needs. Find out more about Our Partners.
What is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005?
Sometimes called the Fire Safety Order (FSO) or the RRO, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order states that any person, who has some level of control of premises, must take reasonable steps to reduce the risk from fire and ensure that everyone who may be on the premises, at the time of the fire, can escape safely. Read more.
What is BS-5839 Part 1?
BS-5839 Part 1 is a code of practice set out by the British Standards Institution. It details the guidelines for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of fire alarm and fire detection systems in non-domestic premises.
Why do I need a fire alarm service contract?
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 demands that the responsible person must ensure that, where appropriate, the premises is equipped with appropriate fire detectors and alarms and that these are subject to a suitable system of maintenance and are maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair by a competent person. BS 5839-1 provides guidance as to what is considered appropriate, suitable, efficient, good and competent. To support them in this requirement, the Responsible Person must appoint a Competent Person (a Service Provider who has sufficient training, experience or knowledge (18.5)) to assist them in undertaking the preventative and protective measured. (18.1) BS 5839 Part 1 Recommends that all fire alarm and detection systems are subject to a regular inspection and servicing arrangement. The period between successive visits by the Competent Person should not exceed a period of 6 months. 100% of the equipment on the system must be checked over a 12 month period. The inspection can be split into as many visits as is required to ensure that 100% of the equipment has been checked. While a Service Provider can conduct an annual (100%) inspection in 1 visit, we are still required to attend site at least once every 6 months to perform the Periodic Inspection. The Service Provider, with the permission of the Customer, can choose to conduct the annual inspection over 2 visits (checking 50% of equipment during each).
Why do I need a minimum of 2 visits per year?
Two visits per year is the recommended minimum to comply with BS-5839 Part 1. During the visit, your engineer will check the detection, sounders, batteries and more.
What work does an engineer carry out on their visit?

The Periodic Inspection requires;

the system logbook be checked, a visual inspection undertaken to check whether structural or occupancy changes have affected the compliance of the system (re-siting / replacing / adding devices as required), false alarm incident rates are recorded to ensure compliance with 30.2, battery voltage measured to check it is within the manufacturers recommendations, batteries should be load tested to ensure that they are in good serviceable condition and not likely to fail before the next service visit (25.4b recommends use of batteries with a 4 years minimum lifespan), Control Indicating Equipment (CIE) should be checked, operation of fire alarm devices checked, Alarm Signal Transmission should be checked, all ancillary function of the CIE should be tested, all fault indicators should be checked, all printers should be tested and availability of sufficient printer consumables (printer roles) ensured, radio systems must be serviced in accordance with manufacturers recommendations, manufacturer recommended checks and tests should be carried out across the system.

Any outstanding defects should be recorded and reported to the customer, the system logbook completed and an inspection and servicing certificate should be issued.

In addition to the tasks specified in the Periodic Inspection the following tasks must be completed once during each 12 month period;

testing of every manual call point, examination and functional test of all automatic fire detectors and remote detectors, functional test of every heat detector, smoke detector, optical beam smoke detector, aspirating fire detection system, carbon monoxide detector, flame detectors, multi-sensor detectors etc, full testing of all Control Indicating Equipment, testing of the cause and effect programming by testing one Cause and observing the Effect, testing of the standby power supply capacity to establish it remains suitable for continued service, all further annual checks and tests recommended by the equipment manufacturer.

What people are saying

“I would just like to give thanks and praise to your Engineer who attended the site as he was immensely helpful. He responded very quickly to meet our timescales, giving us professional advice on the fire alarm and managing to solve the on-going problems. He offered a solution which worked and even remained with me so that I wasn’t alone in the building until I’d completed my task..”

Flora BakerNew York
“I am more than happy with the service your company provides with special focus to one of your Engineers, who since working on our contract has moved heaven and earth for us. Although, we can be difficult at times, your Engineer has done his best to accommodate all our requests and working with him has been a pleasure. ”

Glen StephensLondon
“We have just had one of your Engineers here checking on all of our fire extinguishers. I just wanted to pass a massive thanks to him. We were able to leave him to navigate around the building on his own with no disruption to the service and he was extremely professional and friendly.”

Terry HigginsBerlin
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