09/22/2022
Manual call point covers on your rectification report?
When an alarm repeatedly sounds and is a false activation. People become de-sensitized and therefore reduces their subsequent actions.
Meaning people will ignore the alarm. The result could be fatal.
Home office figures reveal that there were 2,226 false fire alarms, caused by malicious activation of a fire alarm call point! (For year ending June 2020)
40% of Fire and Rescue attendances were false fire alarm activations, fires accounted for 28% by comparison.
BS 5389-1:2017 States that manual call points can be fitted with a protective cover helping to prevent false alarms. The British Standard Institute in section 20.2b recommends “All MCP’s should be fitted with a protective cover, which is moved to gain access to the frangible element.”
A 26% fall in malicious false alarm activations, has been seen since the introduction of the covers.
Manual call point covers, are an inexpensive way of protecting call points from malicious attacks.
Our rectification reports, are sent to customers following on from system servicing. These reports identify if call point covers are in place and advise you if not.
To talk to us in more detail, or to arrange the fitting of call point covers, please contact us.
