How quickly can Parsec Fire reach a restaurant / pub in Alfreton?

Alfreton is roughly 6 road miles from our Phoenix Street HQ — typically 14 minutes off-peak via M1 J28. Urgent restaurant / pub jobs are usually attended same-day; routine bookings inside 5 working days.

What's the most common restaurant / pub finding you record in Alfreton?

Locally the recurring issue is "cotes park units with class e electrical cover undersized for plant size". On restaurant / pubs specifically, the most frequent national finding is "kitchen ductwork tr/19 inspection >12 months old" — we check both as standard during the visit.

Why does the kitchen need a different type of extinguisher?

Cooking oils require an F-class wet-chemical extinguisher — water, foam and CO₂ are all dangerous on a chip-pan fire. A 6L wet-chemical at the cooking line is non-negotiable for any premises with deep-fat frying.

How do I prove my pub's safe occupant capacity?

By calculation under BS 9999 — exit width, travel distance, single-stair limits and the realistic furniture layout all feed in. We issue a written capacity figure as part of the FRA which the licensing committee will accept as evidence.

Property type — Licensed hospitality

Restaurant / pub fire risk assessment, Alfreton & Derbyshire

Name: Parsec Fire
Address: 83-89 Phoenix Street, Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 4HL, GB
Telephone: +44 7561 516094
Price range: ££

20–200 patrons during service. Subject to local-authority licensing where alcohol or late-night refreshment is sold; LFB / county FRS frequently inspect. In Alfreton (DE55) that translates to a recurring book of Alfreton town centre jobs — usually triggered by an insurer renewal, a Amber Valley Borough Council letter or a change of use. We work 6 road miles from our Phoenix Street HQ (~14 mins).

If you hold a premises licence, this is the FRA your licensing committee, your insurer and your fire authority will all ask to see.

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Materials & kit specified

What we'd specify or check on a restaurant / pub in Alfreton

BS 5839-1 L1 in accommodation areas; L4/L5 in kitchen with heat (not smoke)
F-class 6L wet chemical at the cooking line + CO₂ at the cellar / electrics
Suppression hood over the cooking line where insurer requires (Ansul/Amerex)
BS 5266-1 emergency lighting throughout the public route

On the ground in Alfreton (DE55)

We're 6 miles from Alfreton — roughly 14 minutes door to door — and the nearest station is Alfreton (King St), about 0.3 miles from the centre. Derbys FRS covers the area and M1 J28 is the usual approach.

The restaurant / pub we see in Alfreton town centre, Somercotes, Riddings, Swanwick sits alongside wingfield view distribution, town-centre retail, smaller hmo portfolios, which shapes both the escape strategy and the remedial costs.

Local expectations from Amber Valley Borough Council matter: Amber Valley applies mandatory HMO licensing — most defects relate to FD30 door upgrades and grade D alarm interlinking.

What tends to fail locally

· Cotes Park units with class E electrical cover undersized for plant size
· Outdated emergency lighting
· HMOs with stand-alone (not interlinked) smoke alarms
· Town-centre retail with extinguishers near tills (theft risk) rather than risk areas

Alfreton response context for a restaurant / pub

Road miles, HQ → site

6 mi

Off-peak drive

14 min

Built-up pop.

Nearest staffed station

Alfreton (King St) (~0.3 mi)

Fire service

Derbys FRS

Nearest junction

M1 J28

Building blueprint

What a typical restaurant / pub in Alfreton actually looks like

Kitchen + bar/dining + cellar + (often) accommodation above
Commercial extract ductwork through compartmentation to roof
Cellar access typically via a single steep stair
Often Grade II-listed or pre-1900 fabric in town centres

Who's inside

Occupancy pattern that shapes the Alfreton assessment

Patrons under the influence of alcohol with reduced reaction time
Kitchen brigade in a high-temperature, high-fuel environment
Live-in staff or tenanted accommodation above

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Hazards specific to this property

What ignites or escalates on a restaurant / pub here

Deep-fat fryer ignition + ductwork grease build-up
Cellar CO₂/N₂ leak and asphyxiation as much as fire
Patron behaviour at closing time — restricted escape capacity
Live entertainment / decorative draping breaching fire-load limits

Recurring physical defects

What we typically record on a DE55 restaurant / pub

Residential accommodation above without 60-min separation from the kitchen
Kitchen ductwork TR/19 inspection >12 months old
Fire exit chained or padlocked during opening hours
AFD detection downgraded by smoke from cooking — recurring nuisance

Regulatory & insurance context

What a restaurant / pub in Alfreton sits under

This property sits under: Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005; Licensing Act 2003 — fire safety as a licensing condition; BS 6173 — gas safety in commercial catering. Alfreton sits inside the Derbyshire enforcement footprint, so the action plan is sequenced to the local response-time expectation, not a national average.

Annual TR/19 ductwork inspection certificate

F-class wet-chemical extinguisher at every cooking line, serviced annually

Capacity calculation evidencing safe occupant numbers vs exit widths

Documented staff fire-marshal training including closing-time evacuation

Nearby coverage

Same restaurant / pub jobs in towns around Alfreton

Same-day visits routinely chain through Ripley (~2 mi) · Belper (~9 mi) · Sutton-In-Ashfield (~6 mi) · Shirebrook (~1 mi) on a single engineer slot — useful if you hold the same property type across more than one of these towns.

Our process

What a visit to a Alfreton restaurant / pub actually involves

01
FRA scoped to public, BoH, kitchen, cellar and (where applicable) accommodation
02
Occupant capacity calculation against exit widths and travel distances (BS 9999)
03
Cooking-line risk review — extinguisher type, ductwork, gas interlock
04
Action plan written for the licensee, not a corporate H&S template

Restaurant / pub fire safety questions from Alfreton duty-holders

Yes — for a restaurant / pub in Alfreton we sequence the assessment, BS 5306 extinguisher service, BS 5839 alarm check and any FD30/FD60 door remedials on a single engagement. One engineer, one compliance pack, one invoice.

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Summary

Alfreton · restaurant / pub · next step

If you're the Responsible Person for a restaurant / pub in DE55, the practical loop is: assessment → action plan → close the top three findings → log it. We can run that loop end-to-end from a single visit.

6 miles from Alfreton, served via M1 J28. Responding service: Derbys FRS.

Multiple restaurant / pubs across Derbyshire?

Per-property pricing, batched site visits, single invoice. 14-minute drive from our HQ for the Alfreton sites; the rest chained through nearby towns.

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Covering Alfreton · DE55 · Derbyshire

Public Liability £5m

Fully insured

PAS 79 / RRO 2005

Compliant reporting

BS 5306 / BS 5839

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