Maintenance

As with all fixed fire suppression systems, annual maintenance is an essential part of its service life and is usually a requirement of both your insurance provider and of the marine authority of which the boat operates under. Marine Fire Safety are Stat-X approved engineers and as such are authorised to carry out full annual maintenance checks on Stat-X systems installed on both marine and vehicle applications.

We understand that boats move around allot and that is why Marine Fire Safety covers an area which spans the length and breadth of the UK and European ports and rivers. We carry out regular maintenance contracts from Falmouth near Lands End to the Orkney Iles north of John O Groates. We also carry out maintenance work in Ireland, Spain, Holland, Belgium and Denmark. 

With MFS there is no longer a need to worry about your extinguisher maintenance, we contact you annually to arrange a visit from our engineers

Although the Stat-X aerosol generators themselves do not require much maintenance due to the fact that they do not require any weighing, pressure testing and do not have any pipe-work. However, the “system” as a whole with its electrical circuitry, detection and control panel does require an annual maintenance check to ensure it is in good working order. This will usually include a full inspection of the Stat-X units and their brackets, continuity monitoring of the Stat-X units and the detection circuit, the FPX panel and all of its functions, testing of all fire detectors and sounder/beacons installed on the system with specialist equipment (both heat and smoke detectors) and any shutdown functions if fitted. After which if all is in good working order a certificate will be supplied there and then.

In addition to us carrying out the annual maintenance on the fixed fire suppression system, Marine Fire Safety are also qualified to carry out the annual maintenance of your portable fire extinguishers. This has many benefits including all of the fire protection equipment can be serviced in one go on the same day, it means you only have to organise one visit per year instead of two separate visits, and it also means that you don’t get charged any additional call out fees. And it means that you will no longer have to worry about this work not being done on time, because we will have it on our records and will take it upon ourselves to contact you in advance to arrange for our engineer to attend the boat to carry out this annual maintenance requirement.

Want to learn more?

Contact our qualified engineers today, whether you are interested in a maintenance quote, or simply would like to find out more about our services, we are more than happy to help.