Fire Safety
Welcome to the Fire Safety section on our blog where we post the most important advice on how to be safe when it comes to fire, smoke, and heat at home.
Testing your alarm from time to time is very important, and making sure you have the right fire, smoke, heat, and CO alarms is imperative.
Furthermore, as accidents happen and new rules come out, we at Sparks do our best to introduce the latest fire safety advice and rules from the regulating authorities.
And we offer many links to websites and entities that can help in this respect. Fire kills.
It is best to be safe than sorry. It is good to be reminded of these fire safety tips and advice to make sure we are safe.
Where do I site the Aico Smoke Alarms and the Aico Carbon Monoxide Alarms?
Aico is very helpful in giving not only comprehensive guide to the range they manufacture and...
The Aico Electrical Contractors Handybook - get it right with the Aico Fire and CO Detectors
The Aico Smoke Alarms, Heat Alarms, and CO Alarms are some of the best in the market - for both...
The smoke alarm – looking ahead; the smoke alarms and their wireless interconnection is for the future!
We found this interesting article entitled "The Smoke Alarm - Looking ahead" via the Electrical...
Aico Tips: fitting and looking after your smoke alarm, and other useful tips
This article continues the range of Aico Tips / Q&A which answer the following questions: ...
Selecting the correct fire detection system: optical alarms, ionisation alarms, heat alarms
In the full guide on selecting the right fire alarms for your home, after the Aico Tips fitting a...
selecting the right Smoke Alarms, grades and categories, and what do the Building Regulations demand
Continuing the Aico Tips fitting a smoke alarm into a domestic dwelling, please find below the...
Tips: What is a smoke alarm, what's the purpose and how to choose a smoke alarm?
The following are taken from Aico's tips and guidelines as presented in "A basic guide to fitting...
Domestic Smoke Alarms Selector: what Alarms to Fit and Where
Aico has an excellent Product Selector Guide, which comes only in a printed form and can be...
Carbon Monoxide, the silent killer; facts about the CO and the solution: the CO alarms
What is Carbon Monoxide? Where does CO come from? What are the symptoms of the CO poisoning? -...
Install a quality Aico smoke/heat alarm system in a fraction of the time!
Save time and money in choosing and installing the smoke/heat/fire alarms - choose the Aico Fire...
Frequently Asked Questions about the Carbon Monoxide Alarms from Aico, part 2
This is the continuation of the Aico Carbon Monoxide Alarms FAQ - the second part (read the first...
Frequently Asked Questions about the Carbon Monoxide Alarms from Aico, part 1
We have all heard about the Carbon Monoxide Alarms, and most of us still have some questions...
Checkpoint alarm confirmation and HMO’s: Eliminate the problem of false alarms
With the Rafiki Twinflex Solutions, you have a ‘Checkpoint’ alarm confirmation and HMO’s and you...
User responsibilities in the testing and maintenance of the fire alarm system
In a case of a fire alarm, and not only, the following rules are the general User Responsibilities...
Rafiki: Manual Call Points, Automatic Detectors, Smoke and heat detectors, cabling
This article is a continuation of the series of advices given by Rafiki, starting with the fire...
Fire Detection & Alarm Systems BS5839, fire risk assessment & system zoning, Rafiki
A fire risk assessment should identify: Possible hazards; Sources of ignition; Persons at risk...