The Customer
With 24 holiday resorts across the UK, Darwin Escapes offers quality, award-winning facilities at a variety of destinations. Catering for short stay holidays and holiday home owners, their beautiful resorts provide caravans and lodges of a very high standard. Their resort facilities vary, with some including a golf course, swimming pool, or spa.
The Challenge
With an expanding operation, Darwin Escapes required fire extinguisher solutions for each new holiday park prior to opening. Each resort had different requirements based on the park’s facilities and design.
The Solution
A qualified member of the Safelincs team visited each site to conduct a survey before compiling a list of requirements and providing a quotation. Once approved, our team worked to a deadline provided by Darwin Escapes to ensure their holiday resorts had the right level of fire extinguisher coverage prior to opening to the public.
Safelincs recommended P50 Service-free Fire Extinguishers as the best solution for Darwin Escapes. Service-free Extinguishers do not require annual servicing from a qualified engineer and so can offer substantial cost savings. The chemicals in P50 extinguishers also last twice as long as in traditional steel units, with each extinguisher lasting 10 years before a refill is required.
Foam P50 Extinguishers give better coverage than traditional steel extinguishers and are safe for use on electrical equipment. With optional anti-freeze additives for foam extinguishers and a completely weatherproof exterior casing, P50s are very versatile. One 6kg P50 Foam Extinguisher with added anti-freeze and one 6kg P50 Powder Extinguisher were installed at each fire point across the site, giving good coverage for any eventuality. P50 Wet Chemical Extinguishers were located in commercial kitchen facilities. Each caravan or lodge was fitted with a smaller P50 fire extinguisher.
The Benefit
Darwin Escapes will benefit from substantial cost savings over the ten-year life of the P50 extinguishers, with the possibility to refill after 10 years for a further 10 years of use (20 years in total). Due to better coverage from P50 extinguishers, fewer units were also required than with traditional extinguishers, providing a further cost-saving.
Mark Kennedy, Head of Commercial Procurement & Development at Darwin Escapes commented 'Safelincs' recommendation of the P50 extinguisher has greatly reduced both upfront purchase cost and operational cost. The functionality and versatility of the P50 provides confidence in deployment across all areas of our business.'