Fire safety pack to make landlords comply

APARTMENTS and fire safety are pretty much on everyone’s mind since Priory Hall.

APARTMENTS and fire safety are pretty much on everyone’s mind since Priory Hall.

But less than 1 per cent of private landlords comply with 2008 fire safety regulations for rental properties, reckons Professional Tradesmen, a company which carries out inspections for insurance companies, local authorities and anybody with multiple properties.

The regulations mean that all apartments must have a smoke alarm and a fireblanket. Tradesmen carried out a survey of 300 properties which showed how few complied – and that’s when it decided to source a safety pack to sell to landlords, says managing director Ann Millar.

It found a company in Shannon, EI Electronics, which makes two packs, one for €140 (incl Vat) and another for around €200.

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The basic “tenant safety” pack has two smoke alarms and a fire blanket; the more expensive also includes a heat alarm, carbon monoxide detector and a fire extinguisher.

Millar accepts that there are cheaper products on the market but says “you get what you pay for. We’re selling a quality product – it’s not about making money, it’s about creating awareness and compliance”.

Individuals can buy the pack too, of course.

See professionaltradesmen.ie