News 2025

All our news for the year is outlined below, enjoy! We also have a news archive going back to 2013, click here for more...

April 2025 - SOHO Estates - New Fire Alarm System | C-TEC XFP fire panel with Apollo Protocol

SOHO ESTATES
BDS are responsible for maintaining the Fire alarms systems for SOHO Estates and as part of our working relationship we are also nominated as the preferred supplier for any new Projects or Fire Alarm upgrades. Recently we were asked to provide a fully automatic fire alarm system for Derschutze retail clothing store in SOHO's 27 Peter Street. As per SOHOs request all new systems that are installed use the reliable C Tec XFP fire panel with Apollo Protocol, ensuring optimal safety and compliance for this prestigious client

March 2025 - 10 years of NICEIC Accreditation

BDS have achieved yet another milestone in our development with the above certificate of excellence from the NICEIC... Big congratulations to all the team for aceiving this

January 2025 - A Busy Month at Lords...

Every year a health check is carried out on the Gent Vigilon Fire Alarm field devices. This year 120 devices had reached their expected life expectancy of 14 years so were replaced with new S quad Devices, this is because the light emitting diodes (LEDs) in the optical smoke detectors can lose their light output over time, making them less sensitive

ICC Indoor Cricket Centre
We supplied new fire alarm detection on the 1st and 2nd floors to suit the new café area, exercise studios and welfare facilities including coverage within the new gym and performance conditioning area.

ECB England & Wales Cricket Board
We attended site to supply new fire alarm detection on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor to suit the new floor layout including coverage within new offices and welfare facilities.

January 2025 - Beaumont House kensington village

An 82,000 Sq Ft Converted Office Building which was vacated & left without an operational Fire Alarm System has been repaired and validated by our experienced service engineers.

The Advanced fire alarm system using Apollo Protocol had a combination of hard wired and Apollo Xpander units, most of which were all disconnected and left lying around the building.

All radio devices were fitted with new batteries and reprogrammed to the system. The System was then validated to ensure the system complies with an L3 Design waiting for its new tenants to move in and fit out their designated space. BDS were also awarded the maintenance contract following the repairs that took just over a week to complete

January 2025 - Happy New Year from Kevin and the entire team at BDS!

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Integrated Security

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Service and Maintenance

Fire Alarms, Life Safety Systems and Integrated Security are things you don't really notice until they're really essential

Accreditations are vital

See out list of industry accreditations here

Fire Evacuation Alert Systems

Are you ready to comply with The new BS 8629:2019 guidance on Evacuation Alert Systems installed in blocks of flats? This will be law soon...

The Importance of Testing

Testing your fire alarms regularly is a key part of maintenance...

Home Security

When your home is secure, you feel secure

BDS EFM

BDS Electrical EFM, a force in Electrical Installations and Maintenance...

BDS - Fire and Life Safety, Integrated Security

With the implementation of the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order from 1st October 2006 it is the responsibility of the system user or appointed responsible persons to ensure the installed fire detection and alarm systems are maintained correctly To this end the Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA) and the Fire Industry Association (FIA) advise that companies with third party accreditation, such as British Approvals for Fire Equipment & Systems (BAFE SP203), should be contracted

Why Choose us?...

We Care...

If you don’t care about the service you provide you don't care about your customers! Our enthusiasm for what we do makes us care...

Our Experience puts us in your corner...

Our Five Senior managers have over 25 Years each experience in designing, installing, commissioning and maintaining fire and life safety systems our engineers are time served and are constantly being enhanced in the latest technology attending regular training sessions

We understand Urgency and have an open book policy Never letting our customers down and being there quickly when there is a problem is a key part of our commitment to you - We also commit to support your fire and safety equipment on a 24/7 basis. Customers subscribing to this service are guaranteed a response 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

We are truly independent and offer bespoke services to exactly match your needs and budget

We have formed partnerships with the world’s leading fire and safety product manufacturers. We are not tied to any manufacturer allowing us to deliver the most appropriate and cost effective products as part of our solutions.

We are able to install and maintain equipment for the following suppliers: Notifier, Gent, Morley IAS, Kentec, Advanced, Haes, Protec, C-Tec, Global, Fike/Rafiki, EMS, Apollo, Hochiki, KAC, Thomas Glover, Airsense, Vesda, Fireray, plus many more...