News & Articles

Insurer issues warning

Employers are putting millions of UK workers at risk as a result of lax fire safety warns leading insurer RSA. The firm's latest research shows that a quarter of workers have never participated in a full fire evacuation of their workplace, despite government guidelines suggesting full drills be undertaken once a year.
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Regulatory Reform Order (Fire Safety) 2005 - Brief Guide

This Order came into force on 1 October 2006. It replaces over a hundred pieces of fire safety legislation including the Fire Precautions Act and the Workplace (Fire Safety) Regulations. Fire Certificates will no longer be issued or enforced. It places a duty on the ‘responsible person’ to ensure, ‘as far as is reasonably practical’ the safety of his employees and to take such general fire precautions as may be reasonably required to ensure that the premises are safe [i.e. for non-employees].
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Businessman pays out six figure sum for fire safety breaches

The owner of a timber yard has been ordered to pay a total of £130,300 after pleading guilty to several breaches of fire safety legislation.
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April 2010 Newsletter

WFP have relaunched its quarterly Newsletter, the new format has received a positive response and has been sent to customers by post and email. newletter-apr-2010-thumbnail A copy of the news letter can be obtained from our download’s page which is accessible from the top tool bar of our site.
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Dinosaurs Unleashed (But Protected)

Temporary Fire Detection and Alarm system protecting the visitors at the Dinosaurs Unleashed attraction in London's Oxford Street
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Save money on buildings insurance with BAFE certification

As the responsible person at the business you may be fully aware of the responsibility for fire safety within your business, however do you realise that this includes the choice of fire alarm company. Under the RRO (regulatory reform order) you will be encouraged to use a BAFE approved company. Insurance companies have recognised the difference in quality between BAFE and un-regulated and this could save you money!
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Plans for a national register of tower blocks in England - January 2010

Plans for a national register of tower blocks in England, to include the date of the last fire risk assessment for each block, have been unveiled recently by the Tenant Services Authority (TSA). The social housing regulator’s national register will hold details on ownership, the number of properties, and the age of each block. It will also list the date of the last fire risk assessment and the date the next one is due.
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What's on the roof? Customer competition

The Fresh New Look We hope that you will agree that the smart new livery on new vehicles to the fleet really portray the ever improving look and feel of WFP as we near our sixth year in business. We have added a new twist to the vehicle and are offering a free memory stick (with logo of course) to the first 20 customers who can tell us exactly what is written on the roof !
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Notifier by Honeywell

WFP are pleased to announce that we have become a Notifier ESD (Engineered Systems Distributor) July 2009 "WFP - Engineered Systems Distributor" NOTIFIER by Honeywell is a brand synonymous with quality, safety and reliability
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CHAS

WELCOME to WFP, the CHAS accredited Fire and Security Specialist
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Health and Safety

WFP take the health and safety of its workforce very seriously. Our engineers are equipped with all recommended safety aids and equipment.
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BAFE - what it means to our customers

What is BAFE, and what does it mean to you, our customers? WFP can now offer full BAFE SP203 for: • Design; • Installation; • Commissioning; • Service and Maintenance.
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Church's Four Day Event - September 2008

Church Shoes gets a new Radio Fire Detection and Alarm system From Design to Install within four days!
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Tools for the Job - Aug 08

During July WFP presented new state of the art engineering tool boxes as a recognition of the customer commitment and performance levels. This time the awards went to David Munday and Peter Western
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Val Darlow & Bill Gates! - July 2008

Val has started her retirement, well at least semi retirement! Like Bill, Val has after many years at WFP working from the Stock office, decided that its time to retire. Well as I said semi-retire anyway, Val has reduced her days and will be based at home. She has asked me thank all of our customers that have been so nice through the years and has very much enjoyed being part of a growing company, and we would like to say that we have been better off for her input and glad to retain some of her time. We all wish her good luck for the future.
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Ringing the changes - June 2008

In response to requests from our customers, we have changed our telephone and fax numbers to lo-call rates, with a new number solely for out of hours calls.
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WFP Welcomes Barry Leeds - May 2008

Customers will soon be able to contact our new technical services manager - Mr Barry Leeds. Barry is joining WFP from a major multi-national fire and security business and brings with him a wealth of experience in fire detection and alarm systems.
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New WFP website launch February 2008

This week WFP the only Wire-Free Fire Alarm Specialist installer in the UK today, has launched its new and improved website. The site will now contain the downloads page in a new preview format, give information on latest news and offers available for 2008 and years to come.
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