New Extinguisher contract

[Fire Monkey]

Does any one have any advise on setting up a new extinguisher supply / service contract. I have a company that requires a new contract and I want to ensure costs are kept down whilst maintaining all standards.

[wee brian]

http://www.fia.uk.com/asset/A2039995-654D-4F79-A008BA2E60610BE5/

Might be worth a read - points you at using a BAFE registered firm - probably a good idea.

[Messy]

We split our supply contract with our maintenance contract some years ago for our head office where we have just under 700 extinguishers

Compared to the old contract, the cost of each replacement extinguisher is slightly higher from company A, as is the servicing from company B - but when you take into account the considerably reduced number of units we are now purchasing (now there is no incentive for the service engineer to seek sales commission) we have saved plenty of ??s overall

[Psuedonym]

I've been in this game for 25 years and always offer the same advise :
Go with recommendations from your business peers. Listen to their experiences and with their advice as opposed to industry representatives.
You will not get Standards without costs but from advice you will get the best deals.
Just remember : National giants certainly do not necessarily mean quality and one man bands are certainly not necessarily cowboys.

[JT]

Worth getting a quote from companies that recycle your old ones.
May work out cheaper and you're doing your but for the environment.

http://www.fireprotectionrecycling.co.uk

[AnthonyB]

Most stuff in the UK ends up at FPR (or the Chubb equivalent also in the West Mids). If you shift serious numbers of extinguishers they will leave you a ro-ro skip to fill up and this works out exceedingly cost effective especially compared to the rates from service providers.

They also scrap detectors, batteries, etc as well.