By law every home in Scotland needs to have interlinked fire alarms installed – so if one alarm goes off, they all go off and there will be no mistaking that there is a fire somewhere in the building.
As a homeowner or landlord it’s your responsibility to make sure your property meets the fire alarm requirements, not only for the sake of the occupants’ safety but also because failing to have the legal alarms in place may well have an impact on your home insurance policy if you were to make a claim.
The bare minimum number of fire alarms your home must have according to the law is:
These alarms must be interlinked and mounted on the ceiling. If you’ve got a carbon-fuelled appliance like a boiler, fire, heater or flue in any room, you must have a carbon monoxide detector fitted in that room (that doesn’t need to be linked to the fire alarms).
Northscotfire Ltd provide top class compliant smoke alarm installations in all sorts of properties right across The Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
We are proud to be approved installers of the market leading Aico range of fire alarms, which fulfil and even exceed the specifications laid down for the legal interlinked alarms, powered either by battery or mains.
There are two types of fire alarms that meet the regulations:
Both types of legal fire alarms are interlinked by radio frequency, so no wi-fi is required.
We’ll expertly fit either type of alarm in your Highland home, as well as a carbon monoxide alarm if you need one. If you’d like to feel even safer in your home then we can advise you about increasing your fire alarm coverage to extend to more rooms.
A fire extinguisher is a defensive tool that can save lives and property by putting out a fire, or at the very least holding it back, buying time for building occupants to escape.
Like any piece of equipment, however, a fire extinguisher can only be depended on if it is well maintained, regularly tested and used correctly.
Northscotfire Ltd are installers of all grades of fire extinguishers for domestic and commercial use across the Highlands of Scotland.
We are the “go to” fire extinguisher providers for The Highland Council and a number of sectors including healthcare, retail, schools, small businesses, accommodation establishments as well as oil and gas renewables companies.
Our team has expert technical knowledge about fire extinguishers, which enable us to advise you on the right type of extinguisher to have at the ready in your particular home or workplace.
We also offer training courses, tailor made to your requirements, to ensure that your employees or any occupants of a building know how to use the fire extinguishers installed there to best effect.
An established local company, based in Inverness, specialising in services to make your commercial or residential property fire and Legionella safe.
North Scot Fire Ltd
Croft Road
Inverness
IV3 8RS
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