ADS Group supplies, services and certifies fire extinguishers, hose reels and fire blankets across Wicklow to I.S. 291, with an annual basic service by a competent person. North Wicklow is a short run from our Dublin 24 base. In apartment developments the common question is who is responsible for which units, and it is worth answering before an inspection does it for you.
Extinguishers in lobbies, stairwells, bin stores and car parks sit with the OMC. Units inside individual apartments usually do not. The certificate should state what was covered so the division is documented rather than assumed, because assumption is how a stairwell unit goes four years without a service.
They are out of sight, damp and the first to corrode or go missing. They are also in the parts of a development where a fire is most likely to start unnoticed.
A kitchen, a plant room, a function space and a guest corridor are four different risks in one building. Cover is specified per area rather than spread evenly along the corridors.
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 Wicklow page.
An engineer assesses the site, reviews the existing system and its documentation, and returns a written scope of works.
