Ensuring Workplace Fire Safety: Protecting Your Staff and Business

Fire safety is a critical concern for all businesses. Whether you operate an office, warehouse, school, or hospital, having the right fire safety measures in place can make all the difference when it comes to protecting both people and property. At MBP Fire Protection Ltd, we’ve been helping businesses across the Southwest for over 15 years, providing expert advice, installation, and maintenance services to ensure your premises are fully compliant with fire safety regulations.

In this blog, we’ll explore the essential aspects of workplace fire safety and how you can ensure your building is adequately protected.

The Importance of Fire Safety in the Workplace

Every year, businesses across the UK face the threat of fire. Fires can happen unexpectedly, and when they do, every second counts. Workplace fire safety is not just about meeting legal requirements — it’s about protecting lives, safeguarding property, and ensuring your business can continue to operate in the aftermath of an emergency.

In the event of a fire, it's essential that employees have clear, safe routes to escape the building. Fire doors, exit routes, and fire safety equipment such as alarms and extinguishers must all be in place and fully functional. However, it’s equally important that your fire safety systems are regularly inspected and maintained, ensuring they will perform as expected if an emergency arises.

Steel Exit Doors: Safe Emergency Evacuation

During a fire emergency, it's crucial that employees can quickly and safely exit the building. Steel exit fire doors are the perfect solution for ensuring that escape routes are safe and accessible. Whether it's panic hardware such as push pads or push bars, or the door design itself, we offer a wide range of steel exit doors to meet your needs.

Our steel exit doors are fully compliant with fire safety regulations and can be installed in a variety of buildings, including schools, hospitals, offices, and warehouses. We provide a full service, from supply to installation and ongoing maintenance, so you can rest assured that your emergency exits are always in top condition.

Maintaining Workplace Fire Safety

It’s not just about the initial installation of fire safety measures — ongoing maintenance is essential to ensuring your workplace remains safe. Regular fire safety assessments and inspections can help identify any weaknesses in your fire protection systems and allow you to address issues before they become a problem. At MBP Fire Protection Ltd, we offer comprehensive fire safety services, including maintenance of fire doors, exit doors, and fire protection systems.

We also provide expert advice on fire risk assessments, which are a legal requirement for all businesses in the UK. These assessments help identify fire hazards within your workplace and ensure that you have the necessary measures in place to prevent a fire from occurring and protect your staff and property in the event of an emergency.

We also provide

Composite flat entrance fire doors

PAS24 certified FD30s fire door sets

Fire door upgrades

Fire stopping

Fire signage

NAPFIS accredited installations

Being a NAPFIS Certified Installer gives you peace of mind that the installation has been Passive Fire Control Certified and meets fire safety standards.