Systems Hygienics maintains fire safety for luxury hotel
System Hygienics recently won a fire-service tender for the 5-star Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park hotel in London’s Knightsbridge area. The contract involved locating and checking all the hotel’s fire dampers to ensure they were in the fire-containment zone.
60 fire dampers were located in various areas of the building — including bedrooms, kitchens, function rooms, gymnasium, spa and restaurant. The dampers were then cleaned, lubricated, tested for operation and reset to ensure they were in good working order.
In some instances, simple faults such as damaged linkages are also detected; they are easily rectified, but must be logged to meet fire-safety regulations.
The testing was carried out over four nights to minimise disruption to staff and guests.
