Tag - fire safety

fire cost

What could a fire cost your organisation?

At the start of November, the Fire Protection Association (FPA) released data that starkly illustrated the significant financial impact fires have had on businesses and services in the UK. The data was calculated over a ten year period between January 2009 and December 2019. It analysed...
commercial kitchen fires

Managing fire risk in a sector under strain

The commercial and catering service hospitality sector is under phenomenal strain at the moment. Given that it’s going through such an exceptionally tough period, the prospect of adding to the list of issues to deal with is unlikely to be met with a great deal...
arson attacks

Four ways to prevent workplace arson attacks

As if businesses didn’t have enough to contend with at the moment, since lockdown began there have been several instances of them being badly affected by arson attacks. One of the areas that has had problems is Greater Manchester, which has faced several workplace arson attacks...
fire safety

We build successful partnership with local recruitment company

Jackson Fire & Security have been servicing fire safety equipment for Heyland Recruitment in Chester for 11 years. They have enjoyed a long-standing relationship whereby every six months they check the fire alarm and every year they will service the fire extinguishers. More recently, Jackson Fire...

Covid-19 Customer Update

Here at Jackson Fire and Security we sincerely hope you are keeping safe and well and would like to let you know that we are here to help. Following on from our last update we thought it would be useful to contact all of our customers...
arson

What can you do to prevent arson at your premises?

Arson is one of those things you never think will affect your business but unfortunately virtually any premises has the potential to become a target. Just last month, a couple of days before Christmas, a former police station in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire went up in flames....
classifications of fire

How many classifications of fire is there?

The short answer? 6. There are just 6 classifications of fire. The slightly longer answer, and one which explains exactly what these classifications are and how to fight against them, looks like this: 1. Class A: Solids Class A fires are those that involve solid materials. This...