Our longstanding customer Sandrove Brahams and Associates Ltd manage a prestigious ten storey apartment block in Knightsbridge, London. Originally built as a hospital it was then converted into flats and commercial shops.

On reviewing the premises Fire Risk Assessment and Fire Safety Officer Inspections, it was identified that using AOV’s (automatic opening vents) was a viable solution on the secondary stairwells at the premises to assist the residents escape in the event of a fire.

RES provided a cost effective solution for our customer to replace existing window placements at the top of two secondary stairwells in the east and west wings which would be fitted with AOV actuators with control panels linked to the buildings fire detection and alarm system.

If smoke is detected in the east or west stairwells this will trigger the windows to open allowing the smoke to naturally vent from the stairwells.

In the event of a fire, smoke detectors located in the escape stairwells activate the smoke ventilation systems including automatic opening vents (AOVs), which in this instance are windows located at the top of each stairwell.

• A natural flow of air enters the building
• Hot air and smoke are forced out of the building
• A safe means of escape is created

The RES install team successfully designed, installed and commissioned the new smoke ventilation system in the premises in accordance with UK building regulations, on time and on budget.

The system will now help reduce the risk of smoke inhalation for escape and access routes, improve access to the fire service and also reduce the risk of a fire spreading.

“RES have provided a cost effective and viable solution to assist residents in the event of a fire”

SANDROVE BRAHAMS AND ASSOCIATES LTD

Our customer needed to arrange the short term hire of a range of portable fire extinguishers for various sites at Temple Meadows at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta which runs at the beginning of July every year.

RES delivered over 100 extinguishers to the customer site, varying from water, C02, foam and wet chemical extinguishers – all suited to different applications and locations such as guest marquees, toilets, outdoor catering / kitchen units and also portable cabins.

Under British Fire Safety Law – A Fire Risk Assessment must be carried out for outdoor events which will identify specific extinguisher requirements around a site.

Our customer was able to run another successful year of hospitality for it’s rowing regatta guests and staff, safe in the knowledge that our extinguishers were at hand in the event of a fire.

Our customer, Sennen Property Management, needed to perform an annual static pressure test of Dry Risers for a new block of flats in London. British Standard 9990 requires dry riser systems undergo an annual static pressure test and inspection and a six monthly visual inspection by a competent company.

RES has a dedicated Fire Hydrant and Dry Riser test team and equipment for its inspections. In order to carry out a Dry Riser test, a large bowser is needed along with a water pump to simulate a fire engines pump being connected to the dry riser column.

A dry riser is basically an empty pipe that runs up a building which can be externally connected to a pressurized water source by fire fighters. This vertical pipe can then distribute water to multiple levels of a building when fire fighting hoses are connected to an outlet valve typically located on each level.

A Dry Riser test involves sending pressurised water up the column to ensure that the pressure is maintained, that there are no leaks or faults and that the air release valve (located at the top of the column) is working correctly. The column needs to be able to maintain 8 – 10 bar of pressure for 15 minutes. The water that is sent into the column comes back out of a drain valve and back into the bowser, ensuring that water can be re-used for another test.

“At Sennen Property Management the safety of all our sites and the residents is paramount which is why we use RES as it gives us the peace of mind that all our fire safety systems are maintained to the highest standards.

High quality contractors are key to our business, and with RES we know we use the best in the industry to keep our sites compliant and safe for all our customer”

Tony Collings, Director, Sennen Property Management Ltd

Our customer was transitioning from temporary buildings to new school buildings and asked RES to provide extinguisher sales, installation, servicing and additional fire safety equipment for both the new and old sites.

RES provided a comprehensive proposal to cover all the necessary fire extinguisher equipment for the new school buildings.

RES also provided an audit of existing fire extinguishers from the temporary buildings so that they could be re-instated on the new site.

The Wren School is now a modern Secondary education establishment catering for over 1000 students.
It comprises of a sports hall and two L shaped buildings containing classrooms, laboratories, offices, restaurant/cafe and a theatre.

In total, over 50 new extinguishers were commissioned around the site as well as fire action signs, extinguisher stands, fire blankets and fire evacuation chairs on the stairwells.

RES has provided a competitive, comprehensive and compliant extinguisher equipment service for this new school and will continue to ensure total fire protection is provided by carrying out annual fire extinguisher servicing.

“RES helped us to stay safe whilst the development was underway and then continued to provide excellent service in our new home”

Cary Stubbs, Senior Caretaker, The Wren School

RES provides schools and businesses with a range of fire protection services including fire alarm servicing, servicing of fire extinguishers, fire safety signage services, fire safety training and fire hydrant testing.

As part of our schedule of works, we carry out the periodic inspection of the Fire Hydrants (which must be done every 6 months) in accordance with BS 9990 : 2015 Non-automatic fire-fighting systems in buldings Code of Practice.

By using the “TSI Digital Flowmaster 250”, the latest digital flow testing equipment available, our engineers are able to digitally record a fire hydrants water pressure and the flow rate reading to a 98% accuracy.

The latest equipment we use enables our engineers to provide an efficient and more reliable test environment than that of a traditional hydrant test equipment.

Our investment in this technology is part of our ongoing commitment to customer service and maintaining a high quality of work.