Fire Extinguisher Maintenance
Providing comprehensive fire extinguisher maintenance, inspection, and servicing to ensure every unit is fully functional, compliant, and ready to protect your people and property.
Why fire extinguisher maintenance is essential
Fire extinguishers are designed to stop small fires before they escalate and help to prevent catastrophic damage and save lives. However, their effectiveness depends entirely on their condition. If an extinguisher is under-pressurised, damaged, obstructed, or past its service life, it may not discharge correctly when needed, leaving your building vulnerable.
Routine maintenance of fire extinguishers ensures that every unit is operational, safe to use, and ready to respond to an emergency. This is not just crucial for safety, it’s a legal requirement. UK fire safety legislation, including the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, states that fire extinguishers must be maintained in good working order and inspected regularly by a competent person.
Neglecting regular maintenance can lead to serious consequences, including:
- System failure in an emergency, putting lives and assets at risk.
- Fines and legal penalties for non-compliance with fire safety regulations.
- Invalidated insurance policies, leaving businesses exposed to significant financial losses.
- Business disruption, especially in critical environments like data centres, where even short downtime can be costly.
By scheduling regular inspections and servicing, you can be confident your extinguishers will perform as expected when you need them the most.
Our fire extinguisher inspection and maintenance services
At Facilities Fire, we offer a complete fire extinguisher maintenance service designed to keep your fire safety equipment in peak condition all year round. Our team of qualified engineers works across all types of extinguishers – including water, foam, CO₂, powder, wet chemical, and specialist clean agent units – to ensure full functionality and compliance with UK fire safety standards.
Here’s what you can expect from our maintenance service:
- Visual inspections: We’ll check each unit for signs of corrosion, damage, or tampering.
- Pressure and weight checks: We’ll ensure your extinguishers are pressurised correctly and within safe operating limits.
- Testing and discharge checks: We’ll verify that your extinguishers discharge correctly and operate as intended.
- Refilling and recharging: We’ll replace any extinguishing agents where necessary.
- Component replacement: We can fit new safety pins, hoses, seals, or nozzles where required.
- Certification: We’ll provide official documentation to demonstrate compliance and maintenance history.
Our flexible maintenance services are designed to fit around your operations. Whether you require fire extinguisher inspection and maintenance as part of an annual compliance programme, or you need one-off testing following a site audit, we’ll build a solution that meets your needs.
Fire extinguisher maintenance for high-risk environments
In high-risk, mission-critical settings like data centres, a reliable fire extinguisher can be the difference between a minor incident and catastrophic downtime. With sensitive electronic equipment, continuous energy loads, and strict uptime requirements, extinguishers must not only be functional, but also appropriate for the environment.
We specialise in the supply and maintenance of fire extinguishers designed specifically for these conditions – such as CO₂ and clean agent units – which suppress electrical fires without leaving residues or causing secondary damage. Regular servicing ensures these extinguishers are always in optimal condition and compliant with the latest standards.
We also provide fire extinguisher maintenance for a wide range of other commercial and industrial environments, including:
- Offices and commercial buildings
- Retail and hospitality venues
- Healthcare and hospitals
- Education and public sector sites
- Manufacturing and industrial sites
We’ll ensure your compliance for fire extinguisher maintenance
Keeping up with UK compliance requirements is essential to ensuring both safety and legal protection. Our services are carried out in accordance with the latest fire safety standards and regulations, including:
- BS 5306-3: The British Standard for the commissioning, maintenance, and inspection of portable fire extinguishers.
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: The UK legislation requiring fire safety equipment to be maintained in good working order.
- Insurance and industry guidelines: Most insurers require documented maintenance records to validate cover.
We’ll provide full documentation and maintenance records for all work carried out, giving you clear evidence of compliance for audits, inspections, and insurance purposes.
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At Facilities Fire, we make the inspection and maintenance of fire extinguishers straightforward, reliable, and fully compliant, so you can be confident your extinguishers will work when you need them the most. Contact us today to learn more about our services or to arrange a maintenance schedule that works for your business.
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