A well-known distinguished English independent boy’s boarding school.
The school has around 2,000 extinguishers across its estate, of which 1,000 needed replacing.
The facilities manager carried out a site survey, alongside a Safelincs representative. Following this he looked at the various options and was particularly impressed with the service-free P50 extinguisher and elected to invest in this innovative product.
Unlike traditional appliances, P50s do not require an annual service by an external engineer; nor do they need refilling after five years. After ten years they can be refilled and used for a further decade.
The reason for their comparative longevity lies in their construction, which uses materials that are totally corrosion-free. Each year a simple inspection by a member of the school’s own facilities team is all that is required, and, if a new member of staff needs to know what to do, they can view a video on the Safelincs website.
Safelincs engineers undertook the replacement of the 1,000 extinguishers.
One of the major reasons for customers purchasing the P50 has been the cost savings. However, in this particular instance, the facilities manager would not see the savings for a number of years.
The main benefit for him was simplification - building a consistent range of fire fighting equipment across the site that could be regularly and easily checked by any member of his team. He was impressed by the environmentally friendly nature of the extinguisher and, overall, he simply liked the product. Its potential 20-year lifespan also contributed towards sustainability.
Furthermore, Safelincs was regarded as a company easy to do business with and the costs were transparent and straightforward.
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