Airmec wins contract to keep Avon fire fighters safe at work
Almondsbury-based air and water treatment services company Airmec has won a three-year contract with Avon Fire & Rescue. Airmec will monitor the quality of water for domestic use at 25 sites, as well as reviewing risk assessments for each site in line with latest legislation on Legionella and Pseudomonas control, and other hazards.
The new contract coincides with a major investment programme designed to enable the fire authority to make necessary budget savings in the longer term. This includes building new stations, including one in Bristol, amalgamating two South Gloucestershire stations and upgrading facilities at others to ensure they remain fit for purpose.
In the key urban areas of Bristol, Bath and Weston-super-Mare the fire stations are crewed 24 hours a day, while in more rural areas retained firefighters who live or work within five minutes of the station and are paged by Fire Control when they are needed at an incident. Avon Fire &
Rescue supplies and procurement officer Alison Phillips said: “With 900 staff and 25 sites to manage, we liked the structured approach that Airmec proposed. It gave us confidence that we would have comprehensive records of our facilities, up to date and fully compliant risk assessments and an inspection and monitoring regime that we could trust unreservedly.” (posted on Avon's search4me.co.uk 30/09/14)
Almondsbury-based air and water treatment services company Airmec has won a three-year contract with Avon Fire & Rescue. Airmec will monitor the quality of water for domestic use at 25 sites, as well as reviewing risk assessments for each site in line with latest legislation on Legionella and Pseudomonas control, and other hazards.
The new contract coincides with a major investment programme designed to enable the fire authority to make necessary budget savings in the longer term. This includes building new stations, including one in Bristol, amalgamating two South Gloucestershire stations and upgrading facilities at others to ensure they remain fit for purpose.
In the key urban areas of Bristol, Bath and Weston-super-Mare the fire stations are crewed 24 hours a day, while in more rural areas retained firefighters who live or work within five minutes of the station and are paged by Fire Control when they are needed at an incident. Avon Fire &
Rescue supplies and procurement officer Alison Phillips said: “With 900 staff and 25 sites to manage, we liked the structured approach that Airmec proposed. It gave us confidence that we would have comprehensive records of our facilities, up to date and fully compliant risk assessments and an inspection and monitoring regime that we could trust unreservedly.” (posted on Avon's search4me.co.uk 30/09/14)