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Fire Extinguishers
Fire Extinguishers

Griffin Fire offer a professional maintenance service throughout London and the surrounding areas.
Water Extinguishers

Water fire extinguishers are available in 3ltr, 6ltr and 9ltr options and are suitable for ‘Class A’ materials.
Foam Extinguishers

Foam fire extinguishers are available in 2ltr, 6ltr and 9ltr options and are suitable for ‘Class A’ and ‘Class B’ fires.
Carbon Dioxide Extinguishers

Carbon dioxide fire extinguishers are available in 2kg, and 5kg options and can be used to put out fires involving flammable liquids.
Powder Extinguishers

Powder fire extinguishers are available in 2kg, 4kg, 6kg and 9kg options and are suitable for use on fires involving Class A, B, C, D and electrical fires.
Wet Chemical (class F) Extinguishers

Wet chemical fire extinguishers are available in 2ltr, 6ltr and 9ltr options and are suitable for ‘Class F’ fires and can be used to extinguish fires involving fat and cooking oils.
24/7 Emergency Callout Service

Griffin Fire provide an emergency callout service within London and the surrounding areas.
Site Surveys

If you are not sure what fire extinguishers you need and where to position them we can assist. Griffin Fire provide comprehensive site surveys.
Training

There is little value in having fire extinguisher on your premises if your staff don’t know how to use them.
Fire Alarms
Fire Alarm Systems

Design, Installation and Commissioning

Griffin Fire are fire safety specialists and can provide a complete one stop fire alarm system service.
All fire alarm systems are designed, installed and commissioned in accordance with BS 5839
We only provide open protocol systems, meaning you’re not tied to a restrictive maintenance/servicing contract
All systems are covered under the Griffin Fire and products system guarantee
We provide the latest fire detection technology, including high performance wireless fire alarm systems
24/7 Emergency Callout Service

Griffin Fire provide an emergency callout service within London and the surrounding areas.
Site Surveys

Griffin fire provide comprehensive site surveys. All of our fire alarm system installations and maintenance schedules are in accordance with BS 5839 part 1 and part 6.
Maintenance and Servicing

Insurance policies and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order will require you to exercise due diligence in maintaining in complete working order all safety equipment and services.
Emergency Lighting
Emergency Lighting

Design, Installation, Commissioning & Maintenance

The Purpose of emergency lighting is to ensure that in the event of a power failure people can evacuate the building safely.
Provide adequate illumination of escape route signs

Provide enough light along the escape routes to allow them to be used safely in the event of a power failure

Ensure that fire alarms call points and fire equipment provided along the escape routes can be easily seen

Permit operations concerned with safety measures
24/7 Emergency Callout Service

Griffin fire provide an emergency callout service within London and the surrounding areas on all types of emergency lighting systems.
Site Surveys

Griffin Fire provide comprehensive emergency lighting surveys. We’re committed to delivering a professional service at an affordable price, so give us a call and find out how we can be of benefit to you.
Emergency Lighting maintenance

The law requires that all fire safety equipment must be maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair. This includes emergency lights.
Fire Risk Assessments
Fire Risk Assessments

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 places a legal duty on employers to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to which people in the premises may be exposed with regards to fire. Failure to comply with this order may result in prosecution.
A fire risk assessment is a careful examination of what, in your work, could cause harm to people with respect to fire.

The purpose of a fire risk assessment is to identify any fire hazards and then aim to eliminate or reduce the associated risks.
How often must a fire risk assessment be carried out?

A fire risk assessment must be carried out and then regularly reviewed. This interval should normally not be longer than 12 months.
Arrange your fire risk assessment

Our risk assessment reports are comprehensive and easy to understand. On completion you will also receive a full summary and list of recommendations along with a prioritised action plan.
Smoke Vents
Smoke Vents

The law requires that all fire safety equipment must be maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair. This includes smoke ventilation systems.

Our maintenance programmes for your smoke ventilation systems are designed to maintain the performance of the entire system, minimise any future damage and minimise the cost of any repairs.
They are openings in the roof which are intended to vent the heat and smoke developed by a fire inside the building.

They play a crucial role in smoke control within a building and as such must be subject to a regular maintenance programme.
Maintenance

Griffin Fire carry out maintenance and repair work to a wide range of automatic and manual operated smoke vent systems
Site Surveys

We’re committed to delivering a professional service at an affordable price, so give us a call and find out how we can be of benefit to you
Fire Safety Signage
Fire Safety Signage

People escaping should be provided with clear, unambiguous directions from any place in the building throughout the escape route until a place of safety is reached.

All escape signage and signing systems provided by Griffin fire comply to BS 5499 2000.
If you are not sure what fire safety signs you need and where to position them we can assist. Griffin Fire provide comprehensive site surveys.
Site Surveys

We’re committed to delivering a professional service at an affordable price, so give us a call and find out how we can be of benefit to you
Fire Stopping
Fire Stopping

Fire stopping is the process of sealing gaps and holes caused by building services, usually this is needed when cables and pipework are added to the building.

Installation and Third Party Accreditation

Griffin Fire are accredited through the FIRAS certification scheme. We are accredited to provide and install fire penetration sealing systems. Third Party accreditation confirms that Griffin Fire has demonstrated compliance with industry standards, assuring all our clients that the works carried out is correct to specification and will provide the required fire protection.
All quotations and recommendations will be carried out to an achieve minimum of 60 minute ﬁre rating unless otherwise specified by the client.
Site Surveys

Griffin Fire carry out comprehensive site surveys. The purpose of the survey is to identify breaches within the fire wall/ceiling and determine the required fire penetration sealing system. The surveys will include images of all existing penetrations and document the location. This survey can be used as a fire stopping register.

Griffin News

Poole Parkstone Road flats evacuated after \’e-cigarette fire\’

mfsdraft.com 19 February 2014

About 30 people were evacuated from flats in Poole due to a fire which is thought to have been caused by the charging of an electronic cigarette. It took more…

Firefighters tackle blaze at Blackdown Hall, Leamington

mfsdraft.com 19 February 2014

Around 50 firefighters have been tackling a blaze at an apartment complex in Leamington. It is understood the fire at Blackdown Hall, Leamington, started on the first floor before spreading…

Perth fire: Resident jumped from top floor flat

mfsdraft.com 19 February 2014

A man suffered serious injuries after jumping from a burning top floor flat. Firefighters were called to the blaze at St Catherine\’s Square in Perth at about 23:30 on Tuesday.…

North London pavement bursts into flames

mfsdraft.com 17 February 2014

Fifty people had to be moved from a shopping street in north London after a pavement burst into flames. The fire, outside a supermarket in Caledonian Road, Islington, was apparently…

Essex Police to probe Blue House Farm Community Centre fire

mfsdraft.com 17 February 2014

A blaze which destroyed the roof of an Essex community centre is being treated as suspicious, the fire service has said. Blue House Farm Community Centre and the adjoining social…

Two taken to hospital after warehouse fire

mfsdraft.com 16 February 2014

A man and a woman were taken to hospital after a fire at a warehouse in Canning Town, east London. Just under 100 firefighters were called at 23:07 GMT on…

Borth fire crews tackle bog blaze

mfsdraft.com 14 February 2014

Fire has broken out on peat bogland in Ceredigion, causing smoke to billow around the area. Fire crews were called to land close to High Street, Borth, near Aberystwyth, on…

Howard Crest Hotel on fire on Blackpool promenade

mfsdraft.com 13 February 2014

A fire that broke out at a hotel on Blackpool promenade is under control. The fire on the top floor of the Howard Crest Hotel in Bolton Street started at…

Derbyshire Fire says station closures are a \’last resort\’

mfsdraft.com 13 February 2014

Plans to shut 19 fire stations across Derbyshire and make firefighters redundant to save the fire authority money have been scrapped. The fire authority said it would instead approve new…

Magnesium fire at Nottinghamshire industrial unit tackled with powder

mfsdraft.com 18 January 2014

Firefighters have been tackling a fire with powder after fire broke out at a Nottinghamshire industrial unit containing magnesium. About 20 people were inside the Meridian factory on Orchard Way,…

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