Fire Protection South Africa

• Fire Protection South Africa: one free request, quotes from independent fire protection providers.
• Describe your site and what you need once: extinguishers, hose reels, detection, sprinklers, suppression, audits or training.
• Providers serving your area come back with their own quotes, and you compare them yourself.
• This website does not sell, install, service or certify fire equipment.
• The provider you appoint quotes, does the work and issues the documents.

What Fire Protection Providers Quote For

Not every provider does every job, so say exactly what you need when you request quotes.

How It Works

1. Request. You give your town or suburb, building type and what you need.
2. Match. Your enquiry goes to independent providers that may serve your area.
3. Quote. Providers ask questions, arrange a site visit if needed, and quote.
4. Compare. You check scope, standards, registrations, documents and price side by side.
5. Appoint. You choose a provider, or nobody. There is no obligation.
6. Work and records. The provider does the work and gives you labels, reports or certificates for it.

Types of Fire Protection

• Portable equipment. Extinguishers and fire blankets for first response.
• Fixed fire-fighting. Hose reels and hydrants connected to a water supply.
• Detection and alarms. Smoke, heat and flame detection that warns people early.
• Automatic systems. Sprinklers, deluge, gas, kitchen and foam suppression.
• Passive protection. Fire doors, fire stopping and fire-rated construction.
• Compliance and people. Risk assessments, audits, training and signage.

Once-Off, Contract or Project

• Once-off work. A service, refill, audit or training session, priced per job or per unit.
• Maintenance contract. Scheduled visits for all equipment on site, with records kept for you.
• Installation project. New equipment or systems, usually after a site visit and design.

Fire Protection Prices at a Glance

Ballpark prices so you can sanity-check a quote. They are not quotations and no provider is bound by them.

Equipment type, site size, the standard the work must meet and access set the final price.

What to Include in Your Request

• Your town or suburb.
• Building type: house, complex, office, shop, restaurant, warehouse or factory.
• Approximate floor area and number of storeys.
• The service you need.
• What equipment is on site now and when it was last serviced.
• Any request from the fire department, insurer, landlord or body corporate.
• Preferred timing.

Availability

Request quotes from providers serving your area. Availability depends on your location and service requirements. Fire protection providers are independent and decide which areas and jobs they take on.

Comparing Fire Protection Providers

Whoever you consider, compare like with like:

• Registrations. SAQCC Fire registration for the type of work, and an SABS permit where servicing extinguishers, hose reels or hydrants.
• Standard. Which SANS standard the work is done to.
• Scope. Equipment, quantities, labour, testing and exclusions.
• Documents. Service labels, reports, logbooks or certificates you will receive.
• Contract terms. Visit frequency, call-out rates, escalation and notice period.
• VAT. Whether every price includes VAT.

Frequently Asked Questions