Smoke alarms on hire fleet

[Robster]

Hi,

I've been hiring boats from various hire fleets for about 20 years now, and never in that time have I come across a hire boat fitted with smoke alarms.

Maybe I'm paranoid (I'm a fire fighter by profession) but is this normal for hire fleets? Seems so, given my experiance. Im amazed that there is no legislation demanding fitting of alarms.

[mross]

Mandatory from April http://www.towpathtalk.co.uk/bss-published-new-hire-boat-checks/ but you can always take your own.

[David Mack]

3 hours ago, mross said:

Mandatory from April 

Not quite. Hire boats with existing BSS certificates to the 2002 requirements will continue to be valid until they expire. So it will be a while yet until all hire boats comply with the new standard.

[mross]

43 minutes ago, David Mack said:

Not quite. Hire boats with existing BSS certificates to the 2002 requirements will continue to be valid until they expire. So it will be a while yet until all hire boats comply with the new standard.

 

Yes, that's what it said in the link!

[Tom and Bex]

But luckily lots of hire fleets are fitting them to all their boats in preparation for the coming season. Not sure why it's taken this long for such a cheap and basic safety item to become standard though. Should have been standard fitment to hire fleets years ago and without making them mandatory.