In April 2016, after a lengthy consultation period - and with the agreement of our Board and Council - BAFE launched a major review of their SP101/ST104 scheme (Contract Maintenance of Portable Fire Extinguishers incorporating Registered Fire Extinguisher Service Technicians.)
The result of this review is the newly named SP101:2017 (Competency of Portable Fire Extinguisher Organisations and Technicians), a ‘ground up’ revision of the SP101/ST104 scheme - acknowledging that companies must ensure their technicians are skilled and always knowledgably aware of how to execute competent extinguisher maintenance and their ability always remains at a high standard.
Changes are also proposed to the company QA requirements, with a dual option of ISO9001:15 or a certificated Quality Management System.
This is now ready for public comment and BAFE invite feedback on these proposed changes.
For further information - and to download and read the proposed SP101:2017 scheme document in full - please visit the BAFE website www.bafe.org.uk/sp101-2017
The consultation is live from January 9 2017 and will close on March 6 2017.