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Sharp-Fire Water Rescue Team.

Sharp-Fire is the first Independent Fire and Rescue Service in the United Kingdom to operate a dedicated Water Rescue Team, with the necessary skills, knowledge, attitude, training, experience and equipment to undertake rescues in both swift and still water environments. This makes the team ideally suited to Flood Response, Water Search and Rescue Operations and Water Salvage Duties, including the transporting of person and property out of the hazard area

The Sharp Fire Water Rescue Team is based at our Headquarters in Cannock, Staffordshire, and is available on a national basis. We have two duty crews operating on a rotational shift basis, enabling short notice mobilisation.

Our Water Rescue Team's operational status is the culmination of over twelve months research, planning and development by the management team at Sharp-Fire. For further information on our Water Rescue Team, please visit the Water Rescue Team page

Sharp-Fire Ltd becomes a Gas Safe Registered Company.

Sharp-Fire Ltd are proud to be the first independent fire and rescue service to become a member of the Gas Safe Register and have engineers holding Nationally Accredited Certification Scheme qualifications in both Natural and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), allowing us to offer gas safety advice to event organisers, catering unit operators, market traders, exhibitors and members of the public camping at event sites and to isolate and make safe any faulty LPG installations that are encountered without the need to make timely offsite arrangements.

Sharp-Fire Ltd is also registered to work on Natural Gas Installations and our engineers hold the relevant qualifications to work on both domestic installations and appliances. This enables us to offer a wide range of services that include; annual appliance servicing, landlord gas safety inspections and new appliance installations.

For further details please visit the [Gas Safety page].

Honouring Nelson Mandela at 90

Through our commitment to providing a high level of both professionalism and customer service, Sharp-Fire was selected as the Fire Safety contractor for the 46664 Concert in Hyde Park June 27th 2008, honouring Nelson Mandela at 90.

The company provided a full Fire Safety package for this event, which included; Fire Risk Assessments, Fire Extinguishers, First Response Fire and Rescue Cover, on site Fire Safety Inspections and Fire Safety Enforcement. The winning of this contract further demonstrates the high level of competent professional service that Sharp-Fire provides to its customers, for details of our other clients please visit the Event Fire Safety page.

Sharp-Fire Ltd also provided Fire Safety and Response Cover for Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday Charity Gala Dinner. The prestigious guests included Nelson Mandela, Gordon Brown, Bill Clinton, Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Sir Elton John, Robert De Niro, Gordon Ramsey, Uma Thurman, Emma Thompson, Sir Richard Branson, Kim Cattrall, Sir Bob Geldof, the Sugababes and Leona Lewis. Sharp-Fire Ltd personnel provided continual inspections and patrols throughout the evening to ensure the fire safety of the venue was maintained, leaving the guests to enjoy the celebrations.

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 became operative on the 06th of April 2008. The Act sets out a new offence for convicting an organisation where a failure in the way activities were managed or organised results in a person's death. Under a new approach courts will look at management systems and practices across the organisation, providing a more effective means for prosecuting the worst corporate failures to manage Health and Safety properly.

The offence does not require organisations to comply with new regulatory standards, but organisations should ensure they are taking proper steps to meet current legal duties. As of 06/04/08 the Act will mean that those who disregard the safety of others at work, with fatal consequences, are more vulnerable to very serious criminal charges.

NOW is the opportunity for employers to examine how risks are managed within their organisation. As a Director or Manager of a company, can you demonstrate your companies' compliance to Fire Safety legislation? Have your Fire Extinguishers, Fire Alarm and Emergency lights been tested and serviced at the recommended intervals? Have you conducted a Fire Risk Assessment, and are procedures in place to ensure that it is regularly reviewed? Have your Staff received Fire Safety Training and can you demonstrate that your duty of care to your employees has been fulfilled?

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