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Hours of work: 8am – 5pm Monday to Friday.
Location: London and primarily the counties of Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Middlesex, Essex and Kent.
Salary: Circa £40k depending on experience
Benefits: Mobile phone, uniform and additional tools in order to complete the work. Use of shared company vehicle. A company pension scheme and private healthcare is also in operation. Four weeks annual leave (plus bank holidays) and additional days.
Role Responsibilities:
The successful candidate:
RES are an equal opportunities employer.
Interviews will take place at our office in Reading.
Job Type: Permanent
Schedule:
Experience:
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 25/03/2024
Expected start date: 01/05/2024
Send your CV to richard@resfire.co.uk using ref RES24
The RES Offices will close from mid-day pm 22nd December 2023 and re- open on 2nd January 2024.
24 Hour Call Outs are Not Affected.
Wishing all our Customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
This week sees the 10th Annual Fire Door Safety Week, run by the British Woodworking Federation
“The British Woodworking Federation’s Fire Door Safety Week aims to raise the awareness of the critical role that fire doors play in saving lives and protecting property in the unfortunate event of a fire.”
“Everyone plays their part in ensuring a fire door performs as it should in the tragic event of a fire, from the manufacturer through to the building users, and knowing what to look out for and what to do if you spot a problem might just save a life.
Fire Door Safety Week 2023 Events
Monday 25th September 2023
10.00am – 11.00am
Kevin Underwood – BWF Technical Director
Title: The review of BS 8214: 2016, Timber Based Fire Door Assemblies – Code of Practice
Tuesday 26th September 2023
10.30am – 11.30am
Ashley Mather – Senior Fire Engineer, National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC)
Title: Fire doors in Residential Buildings: regulation and compliance
Wednesday 27th September 2023
10.30am – 11.30am
Andrew Sayer – Lead Assessor Fire Door Inspection Service (FDIS)
Title: The top 5 things you need to know about fire door inspections.
Campaign Info Pages
The theme for this year’s campaign, which runs from 25 – 29 September, is ‘Recognise it, Report it’ and aims to help people spot problems with faulty doors so they can be reported, then repaired or replaced.
https://www.firedoorsafetyweek.co.uk/fdsw23-recognise-it-report-it/
Effective fire-resisting doors are vital to ensure occupants are able to evacuate to a safe place. Correctly specified and installed doors will hold back fire and smoke, preventing escape routes becoming unusable as well as preventing the spread of fire.
Common questions often asked are ‘what fire signs does my premises require? and ‘why do we require so many signs?’
Fire safety signs are designed to warn building occupants of any fire hazards, provide information on fire safety equipment and procedures, and give concise instructions about the actions all occupants at anytime should take in the event of a fire. Installing and maintaining fire safety signs is not only essential to saving lives and protecting property, but is also a legal requirement.
The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 outlines the types of fire signs, their placement, and the importance of maintenance, while the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety Order) 2005 requires the Responsible Person to take responsibility for fire safety within commercial premises.
The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 which came into effect in England from 23 January 2023 made it a legal requirement for way finding signs to be installed in all high-rise residential buildings in England, including clear markings identifying floor and individual flat numbers to assist the Fire and Rescue Service.
There are several types of fire safety signs. Carrying out a Fire Risk Assessment, as required by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, should ultimately determine which signs are essential for your premises.
In the event of a fire, smoke and power outages can reduce sign visibility. Photoluminescent signs which function without the need for any additional illumination help maintain their visibility.
RES FIRE supplies high quality, affordable internal and external fire safety signage in a range of different formats and sizes to ensure your premises is compliant.
For further details on fire safety signage audits and maintenance or to ensure your premise emergency escape/exit lighting is fit for purpose please call RES FIRE on 0800 731 0727
For HM Government Wayfinding Regulations go to:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-england-regulations-2022/fact-sheet-wayfinding-signage-regulation-8
Article Originally Published by the FIA
In addition to the new Regulations that came into force on 23rd January 2023 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-england-regulations-2022/fact-sheet-overview further new fire safety guidance comes into force on 1st October 2023.
The new Regulations will improve cooperation and coordination between Responsible Persons (RPs), increase requirements in relation to the recording and sharing of fire safety information, make it easier for enforcement authorities to act against non-compliance, and ensure residents have access to comprehensive information about fire safety in their building.
GOV.UK published the following news storey 30th March 2023 concerning the new guidance. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-fire-safety-guidance-comes-into-force-on-1-october-2023 Commencement regulations for new fire safety legal provisions within section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 have been laid in Parliament.
Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) makes a number of amendments to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) to improve fire safety in all buildings regulated by the FSO. These improvements form Phase 3 of the Home Office’s fire safety reform programme, building on Phase 1 (the Fire Safety Act 2021) and Phase 2 (the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022).
Phase 3 further strengthens fire safety in all FSO regulated premises by:
GOV.UK are not at this stage commencing a requirement for RPs to ensure that anyone they appoint to do a fire risk assessment is competent. GOV.UK are actively working with the sector to develop a robust roll out plan and will provide more information on this in the coming months.
Guidance to support RPs in understanding and meeting these new requirements will be published before they come into force.
Three new fire safety guides have been published 30th March 2023 on small non-domestic premises, small blocks of flats and for small sleeping accommodation. These replace the old short guides to making your premises safe from fire. GOV.UK have also published and updated the fire risk assessment checklist.
Source: GOV.UK
RES is now the Principal Sponsor of Reading YMCA Football Club.
Founded in 1896, the club has a rich history of wins and trophies including success in the Thames Valley Premier League.
RES has been a sponsor of local grassroots football for a number of years.
We look forward to following, supporting, and working with Reading YMCA Football club in the coming seasons.
Visit the Reading YMCA FC Website for more information on the club and upcoming matches
Our latest newsletter brings you some highlights from the past few months at RES and the Fire Safety Industry.
You may have noticed that RES are currently implementing a rebrand to bring you a bolder, more colourful identity incorporating a new URL to complement the overall strategy. Over the coming months we will be introducing our branding update to our stationery, online presence and vehicle livery.
Our new logo has been designed to signify what RES does, protecting people and property in the event of a fire.
Founded in 1985, RES has grown from servicing and maintaining portable fire protection and fire brigade equipment and gradually expanded into fire safety systems and measures protecting people and property. This has become our new strapline “Protecting People and Property Since 1985”.
To complement the logo, our new service icons help to signify how we can help our customers achieve greater fire safety compliance. From Fire Detection and Alarm Systems to Fire Plans, RES delivers a broad range of fire protection services backed up with the experience and expertise to deliver.
Along with the logo change, our URL extinguishers.co.uk now redirects to resfire.co.uk
Our email addresses will also be changing in due course are rebranding– e.g., sales@extinguishers.co.uk will become sales@resfire.co.uk
We hope you like the changes we are making, and we look forward to continuing to work with all our customers.
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