Legislative issues
which to benchmark the competence of providers and operators. Standards can provide that benchmark
for sound working practices. In the fire and security sectors, recognised UK standards govern the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of fire safety systems and emergency lighting, as well as a range of security systems and alarm receiving centres monitoring both fire and security alarms. The security and fire sectors do have
specific standards against which operational practice can be audited, including the important area of premises life safety fire risk assessments – which are now mandatory for most commercial and public organisations.
Working in partnership
Specifiers, buyers and operators rightly expect to be able to have confidence in products and service standards as robust benchmarks for their providers to comply with. Certification bodies, such as the National Security Inspectorate (NSI), play a key role in ensuring adherence to standards by providers, and also feed back to standards bodies to ensure as far as possible that the adherence to new standards and revisions is readily demonstrable. A good example of this being successfully achieved can be seen in NSI’s relationship
with BAFE, the independent registration body for third party certificated fire protection companies. BAFE has a strong track record in the development of standards for fire protection companies, and NSI is the only certification body licensed to deliver all of BAFE’s schemes. In fact, the success of this longstanding
partnership saw NSI recently certificating its 500th fire approval for a BAFE scheme – examples of which include fire detection and alarms, emergency lighting, contract maintenance of portable fire extinguishers, and fire risk assessment.
Approved contractors
Against a backdrop of rising concern over fire safety, proof of competence is required – and the added reassurance of meeting insurance related responsibilities and legislative obligations. Independently assessed organisations holding third party certification (ie approval) clearly demonstrate the values of integrity, competence and professionalism, through a regular audit regime, which sends a clear, unambiguous signal to buyers. Two examples of approval are the Life
Safety Fire Risk Assessment Scheme (SP205) and the new BAFE SP101 Fire Extinguisher Service Scheme.
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