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Fire alarm installation in City of London

Office floors, tenant fit-outs and the restaurants and bars that serve them, across the Square Mile.

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What we are usually called out to in City of London

The City is almost entirely commercial: office buildings from Victorian banking halls to modern towers, with restaurants, bars, gyms and shops at street level and very few homes outside the Barbican and a handful of other estates. Most floors are let to tenants who fit them out themselves, and the fire alarm runs through every one of those fit-outs.

Forty minutes to an hour from Southgate. Most City buildings have a loading bay or a facilities team who book contractors in, so send us the access rules with the enquiry.

City of London, Central London
City of London · EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4

Fire safety services in City of London

Every service we offer, in City of London as across the rest of London: the assessment first, then the work it lists, then the servicing that keeps it signed off.

Buildings we work on in City of London

Four building types that come up again and again across EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4, and what each one actually needs from a fire alarm system.

  1. Office floors and fit-outs

    New partitions and ceilings mean detectors added or moved, programmed into the landlord’s panel and certified.

  2. Restaurants and bars at street level

    Kitchen heat detection, and a link to the building above where the two share a system.

  3. Smaller office buildings

    Older buildings with conventional panels, often due an upgrade to addressable as the tenants change.

  4. Gyms and clinics

    Basement and ground-floor uses with steam and showers, where the wrong detector type means false alarms.

Everything City of London buildings need, one accredited team

The same services across EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4: the assessment first, then the work it specifies and the servicing that keeps it compliant.

Legal duty Fire risk assessment The assessment the Fire Safety Order puts on you, by a team that can also fix what it finds. What an assessment covers BS 5839-1 Fire alarm installation Designed, installed, commissioned and certificated, each stage with its own certificate. How an install runs Six-monthly Servicing & maintenance Two visits a year by a competent person, with a certificate after every one. What a visit includes Every device tested System takeover You are not tied to whoever installed it. We test every device first, then take over the servicing. Book the takeover report
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Assessment & compliance

FRA remedial worksFire Safety Order 2005 Emergency lightingBS 5266-1 Emergency lighting installationBS 5266-1 Emergency lighting repairsBS 5266-1

Fire alarm systems

Fire alarm designBS 5839-1 Addressable systemsBS 5839-1 Conventional systemsBS 5839-1 For managing agentsBS 5839-1 Repair & fault findingBS 5839-1 Panel fault: what it meansBS 5839-1 Fire alarm replacementBS 5839-1 Fike alarm serviceBS 5839-1 C-TEC alarm serviceBS 5839-1

Equipment & passive protection

Fire extinguishersBS 5306-3 & BS 5306-8 Fire doors, signage & trainingFire Safety (England) Regs 2022 Fire door repairsBS 476-22

Buildings we work in most

Offices

Multi-let buildings, where the landlord holds the common parts and you hold your demise. We put the boundary in writing.

What this building needs

Shops & retail

Trading hours, a public who do not know the building, and staff who changed twice this year.

What this building needs

Restaurants & takeaways

The kitchen is why the alarm keeps going off, and the fix is detector selection rather than an isolated zone.

What this building needs

What happens when you get in touch

Four steps, the price agreed in writing before anyone starts, and one accredited team from the first City of London survey to the certificate.

  1. 01

    Tell us about the building

    One call, or 60 seconds on the form. You speak to an engineer rather than a call centre, and you are called back within 7 to 24 hours.

  2. 02

    Free survey and written quote

    An engineer comes out to City of London, explains plainly what the law asks of you, and puts the price in writing. No obligation either way.

  3. 03

    Installed and certified

    Work is carried out to BS 5839-1 and commissioned properly, then you get the certificate your insurer and fire officer ask to see.

  4. 04

    Serviced, year after year

    Six-monthly visits from the same team, with a written report every time, so your compliance never quietly lapses.

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What a system costs in the City

A fit-out prices on the devices added or moved, a whole building on its floors. Choose the system type that matches yours.

  • A new system designed, installed, commissioned and certificated to BS 5839-1.

    System type
    devices

What moves a fire safety price, and where the money actually goes

Fit-outs that touch the landlord’s alarm

Large City buildings usually have one landlord’s addressable system, and every tenant fit-out moves walls, adds meeting rooms and changes ceilings underneath it. Each change needs detectors added or moved, the new devices programmed into the landlord’s panel, and the zone plan and cause and effect updated, or the building ends up with rooms nobody is watching. The work has to be agreed with the landlord’s team and certified, so the building’s records stay whole.

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Responsible Person for the building (usually the employer, owner, landlord or managing agent) has to make sure a fire risk assessment is carried out and the fire precautions are kept working. Getting the design wrong is not just a technical problem, it is that duty left unmet.

Fire safety in City of London

Postcodes
EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4
Region
Central London
Also nearby
Bank, Liverpool Street, Farringdon
A takeover audit here starts with
which devices belong to the landlord’s system and which a tenant’s fit-out added

Fire safety in City of London: your questions

Can you work on a landlord’s system for a tenant fit-out?

Yes, with the landlord’s agreement. We survey the fit-out drawings, add or move the devices, programme them into the existing panel where it is a system we support, and hand over the certificate for the building’s records.

Can you take over an existing system in City of London?

Yes. It starts with a free survey, then a takeover report, £250 + VAT for up to 15 devices. We test what is installed, tell you in writing whether it matches the building and the standard, and quote to take over the servicing. There is no gap in your cover while you switch. In City of London that report usually starts with which devices belong to the landlord’s system and which a tenant’s fit-out added.

How often does a commercial fire alarm have to be serviced?

BS 5839-1 recommends inspection and servicing by a competent person at least every six months. That does not change with the postcode. What changes is what the engineer should be looking at, which is why we survey the building rather than working from a checklist.

Service areas near City of London

We cover Central London and the rest of London. Pick a nearby area, or see every location we work in.

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Where we work in City of London

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We are at 7A Cecil Road, London N14 5RH.

Fire alarm services near City of London

Where this comes from

We name the standard rather than quoting it. British Standards are copyright of BSI and have to be bought from them; the links above are to the publisher so you can check any figure on this page against the source.

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Tell us about the building and an accredited engineer covering City of London calls you back within 7 to 24 hours. Honest advice, a clear written quote, no obligation.

  • BAFE SP203-1 registered for fire alarms, Fike and C-TEC certified
  • Written quote before any work starts
  • Called back within 7 to 24 hours
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