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Bespoke Surveying & Advice

Unfortunately the fire safety industry in recent years has focused on what is right and what is wrong, ignoring the grey area of who should be resolving it. IMS uses our unique approach to explore your options and we designs our survey and inspections to provide an acceptable outcome for where you want to be. This is why we say we pride ourselves in working in partnership with our clients.

We have been successful in designing PPM and inspections for clients throughout numerous sectors.

  • 1 to 1 consultation to determine what our clients are attempting to achieve, and how to get there.

  • Tender specification surveys

  • Expert witness guidance

  • Retrospective fire stopping asset register

  • Specialist guidance on nominal fire door

  • Pre-practical completion surveys

  • Post practical completion surveys

  • Test documentation reviews to installation

  • Risk matrix for passive fire protection

  • Fire door threshold specification

    Bespoke Designed App

    IMS group use a bespoke app to record data that can be adjusted to suit your needs and be manually loaded into any CAFM system. Making it a universal application unlike most on the market.

    Fire Safety Act working in partnership with IMS

    The changes made through fire safety act has had a profound impact on the residential market. We have built systems in place allowing our clients to complete their own quarterly checks through our app with us monitoring the data and our team completing the annual PPM and inspection for them. Saving costs and ensuring compliance with the new legislation.

    Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 Sample Survey.

    The Passive Fire Protection RRO 2005 Sample Survey was designed to help eliminate the confusion of what exactly is required under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in relation to passive fire protection.

    To eliminate the mystery around passive fire and in line with the new Golden Thread guidance, IMS has designed a sample survey for clarity.

    The Passive Fire Protection RRO 2005 is not designed as a condemning report of what is wrong, but instead as guidance. This calculated approach is about raising the awareness and accountability of a recognised system for Passive Fire Protection within a building. The observations are general guidance as it is unreasonable to mandate that fire risk assessors are to be experts in passive fire protection.

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    Are we right for you?

    We are pleased to work in partnership with several NHS Trusts as a preferred supplier as well as providing support services PFI’s.

    IMS’ fire teams started in live hospitals, we know live hospitals are the hardest environments to work in. The understanding of the needs of the hospital and our teams working around the core requirement of the hospital has given us an advantage over our competitors over the years.
    IMS was awarded the largest fire door inspection and maintenance contract encompassing over 56,000 fire doors over 4 garrisons.

    IMS have a long history of providing services directly to the military of defense or via a FM provider on their behalf. We have been privileged enough to support the Army, RAF and Navy.
    We have provided surveys and installation works to numerous educational facilities such as schools, university campus buildings and student accommodation.

    Due to the nature and age of the occupants, our skilled workforce are able to provide our services in these live environments working around the students and teachers.
    The nature of a hotel means it is a high risk as the occupants sleep there and are normally not familiar with the layout of the hotel. This is why it is critical to ensure the passive fire systems are working as designed to delay the spread of fire.

    We have worked with numerous chains and provide our services to live hotels.
    Post Grenfell the government introduced the Building Safety Act. This has put specific instructions to the responsible person regarding their legal responsibilities with regard to the passive fire protection within these blocks.

    With new Building Safety Regulations stipulating the need for regular inspection of all fire doors - quarterly for communal doors and annually for front doors. We have built specific programmes to enable us to work in partnership with block managers ensuring ease and safety for all.
    With numerous agreements in place with some of the largest facilities management companies in the UK. Our nationwide coverage and expert knowledge enable us to provide our clients with the level of services they require.

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    If you would like to know more about our unique bespoke services and how working in partnership with IMS Group will assist you in your legislation and safety needs, please complete the form below and a member of our team will be in contact shortly.

      Success Stories

      Hospital

      Read about how IMS carried out remedial work on fire doors for a hospital located in the North East of England.

      Army Garrisons

      Read about the critical remedial works on 46,000 fire doors over 4 army garrisons. The work took just 6 months.

      Property Owner

      IMS helped this property owner reclaim the costs from a construction company after defective fire door installation.

      Safety is our number one priority

      We’re proud to be fully certified through third-party accreditation. Our regularly reviewed certifications are proof of our continued commitment to delivering the highest quality fire safety services to meet all requirements set by accrediting bodies, so you can rest assured in the knowledge that you’re getting the safest and highest quality fire prevention service.

      IMS ensure that all works are in accordance with:

      • BS476 Part 20:22
      • BS8214:2016
      • BS EN 1634: 2014
      • Approved Document B
      • BS9999:2017
      • Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
      • Fire Safety Act 2022
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      Your fire safety obligations

      The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 was introduced to pass the responsibility of fire safety within a building to building owner. The building owner then passes the responsibility of fire safety to a person henceforth knows as the “Responsible Person”. This person will most often be the building manager or a member of the facilities management company. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 takes into consideration the expertise required to facilitate the requirements and allows the "Responsible Person" to assign numerous specialists that are deemed "Competent Persons" for advice and implementation.

      How can we give you peace of mind when it comes to fire safety?

      IMS will work with you to provide clarity. The Passive Fire Protection RRO 2005 is not designed as a condemning report of what is wrong, but instead as guidance. This calculated approach is about raising the awareness and accountability of a recognised system for Passive Fire Protection within a building. These observations are general guidance as it is unreasonable to mandate that fire risk assessors are to be experts in passive fire protection.