ADS Group supplies, services and certifies fire extinguishers, hose reels, fire blankets and suppression across Cork city and county to I.S. 291. Extinguishers need an annual basic service by a competent person, with extended service and replacement at set intervals by type. On Cork's industrial sites the question is less about the count and more about whether the cover suits the specific hazard in each area.
Flammable liquids, electrical plant, metal swarf and cooking oils each need a different extinguishing medium, and the wrong one makes some fires worse rather than better. A building that passes a count and a date check can still have the wrong unit beside its highest-risk process.
Where a plant room, server room or kitchen canopy has a fixed suppression system, it carries its own service requirements and its own interface to the fire alarm. Extinguisher servicing does not cover it, and buildings regularly assume it does.
Extinguishers end up behind pallets, inside locked stores and in areas that were walkways when the units were sited. An extinguisher nobody can reach in ten seconds is not cover, so mounting, signage and access are checked rather than only the pressure gauge.
Full detail on the system types, the standards and the certification process is on the Fire Fighting Equipment page, and everything else we cover in the county is on the Cork page.
An engineer assesses the site, reviews the existing system and its documentation, and returns a written scope of works.
