BAFE Fire Safety Registration

BSI is a UKAS accredited Certification Body, who carry out rigorous fire safety and quality checks on behalf of BAFE for many types of fire safety equipment and systems.

If you would like to find out more about what we can do for you and your BAFE needs, please use our contact form and a member of the team will be happy to discuss your requirements. 

Why Register with BAFE?

A better question might be, “Why wouldn’t you . . .?” BAFE registration tells potential customers you’re certified to provide and maintain fire safety equipment and systems to the necessary standards.

An independent British organisation, BAFE (British Approvals for Fire Equipment) works with certification bodies (CBs) like BSI to carry out services on its behalf, and maintain a directory of certified providers, which potential customers can search online.

For companies working in the fire safety and protection business in the UK, BAFE registration increasingly looks like a commercial imperative: the UK Government now strongly recommends that those in charge of fire safety choose providers certified by third parties. The simple fact is that BAFE registration helps you win business.

Like many other UKAS-accredited CBs, we certify companies under a wide range of BAFE schemes. Unlike other CBs, we offer something extra. The rigour of BAFE schemes means that any business certified to their standards by BSI also qualifies for the BSI Kitemark.

More than 100 years old and still owned exclusively by BSI, the Kitemark is a world-famous symbol, synonymous with quality and safety.

Choose BSI for BAFE certification, and gain twice the competitive advantage: a place on the register of competent companies; and a renowned mark of trust.

BAFE (British Approvals for Fire Equipment) is an independent British organization  that publishes and maintains a national register of competent provide

BAFE registration is voluntary but very important for those in the UK fire safety and protection industry and many organizations now require it if they install or maintain their fire safety systems or fire-safety products and services. It works exclusively with UKAS-accredited certification bodies (CBs), which carry out quality checks on its behalf.

It also brings customers together with companies they can
trust with their directory of independently audited and approved providers.

For many working in the fire and protection industry, BAFE registration is a commercial imperative. The UK Government now strongly recommends the use of third-party certificated providers by those in charge of fire safety. This makes potential customers much more like to use a company or specialist with a BAFE certificate. 

We audit and certify providers to the BAFE schemes below. In many cases, we offer combined assessments covering more than one scheme, to simplify the certification process. In all cases, providers that meet the standards qualify for the BSI Kitemark.

• SP101 Competency of Portable Fire Extinguisher Organizations and Technicians
  A scheme to ensure organizations and the technicians they employ (who must pass a BAFE Diploma) are competent to source the correct fire extinguishers for buildings, commission on-site checks, position and install fire extinguishers and carry out regular maintenance to the requirements of BS 5306-3 and BS 5306-8.
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• SP203-1 Fire Detection and Alarm Systems
  A scheme split into four modules, system design, installation, commissioning / handover and maintenance, to ensure that a company only gains BAFE registration for their specific area(s) of work. The scheme covers several British Standards, but primarily BS 5839-1 and BS 5839-6. 
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• SP203-3 Fixed Gaseous Fire Extinguishing Systems
  This scheme works in much the same way as SP203-1, above, and is split into the same four modules. Relevant British Standards are BS 6266 and BS EN 15004-1.
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• SP203-4 Emergency Lighting Systems
  Launched at the end of 2010, with the help and support of ICEL (Industry Committee for Emergency Lighting), this is also divided into four modules: design, installation, commissioning (verification) and maintenance. Companies are assessed on the criteria of BS 5266-1, and only registered for their specific areas of work.
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• SP105 Service & Maintenance of Dry and Wet Riser/Falling Installations
  This scheme, launched in December 2019, ensures that companies that service / maintain vertical pipes installed in buildings for fire-fighting purposes are competent to do so. It works to several British Standards, including BS 9990 and BS 5041.
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• SP206 Kitchen Fire Protection Systems
  Developed over almost two years, in association with insurers and members of both the catering and fire-safety industries and their representatives, and launched in the final quarter of 2018, SP206 provides assurance that kitchen fire-protection systems will be competently installed and maintained. The scheme is not modular: to be registered for BAFE SP206, a company must have the necessary skills in all these areas: design; installation; commissioning; recharge; maintenance of protection / suppression systems. Companies are only registered against the manufacturers / systems they install / maintain.  
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• SP207 Emergency Alert Systems
  Launched in October 2020 following consultation with the fire safety industry and the Fire and Rescue Service, SP207 is another modular scheme. Organisations can become certified for one or more of the following: design, installation, commissioning and / or maintenance of emergency evacuation alert systems. 
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