Georgiou

Hi, I basically have the same question as Gary. I know the responsible person is permitted to do the monthly emergency lighting tests and will be fine as long as they log it, but can I do the annual discharge test or do I have to engage a fire safety trained company just to do this? Again if there's a fault I understand someone needs to come in, but if everything tests okay after the responsible person is done, does it really need to be outsourced? Especially curious as our Fire Risk Assessment company refuses to flick test them during their assessment, so wondering how it's supposed to be done. This is for a 3 storey conversion, domestic, under 11m. Thanks

Hi, I live in a 3-storey leasehold property with five flats (two on ground floor, two on first floor and one on second). The only fire detection system in place is a couple of linked Fireangel WST630 smoke detectors in the communal corridors. We've recently had fire risk assessment that says the responsible person needs to test the fire alarm system once a month but must have it serviced once every six months by a "competent professional". As far as I'm aware there's no other duties that need to be done for fire compliance in this property every 6 months, and as the smoke alarms are battery operated as opposed to wired (10 year battery on its 3rd year), so do we really need to get a fire safety company to come out and perform a 5 minute 'service' on it? What would that even involve, opening it up and testing the wires inside the smoke detector? If it's tested regularly and clean of dust and dirt, and the battery still has power is there a need to service every 6 months? I've tried looking but can't see anything in regs anywhere saying that for domestic premises under 11m in height you have to do this. Can anyone help? Thanks