Completed Projects

Over the past 12 years Midland Fire Security Services (Midland Fire) are proud to have worked on fire and life safety projects with Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust (BCHC). Our reliable design, installation and maintenance service has helped the trust comply with legal requirements on time and within budget.

BCHC NHS trust operates a portfolio with 22 sites, predominately health centre clinics, however the portfolio includes 4 residential hospital buildings across Birmingham and the West Midlands region.

After successfully becoming one of three nominated framework providers for Aston University’s Electrical Framework, Midland Fire is the Life Safety Framework provider for the next 3 to 5 years at Aston University (awarded in 2019).

The contract comprises of an all-inclusive service and maintenance to the fire alarm system across campus. The system is made up of over 30 networked Gent control panels complete with full graphics package and a total of over 6000 devices.

Emergency lighting service and maintenance is also included. Midland fire will conducting 3hr discharge and monthly flick tests including a mixture of self-contained battery backup and central battery systems. Disabled refuge systems and pager systems are also covered ensuring the protection of all staff, students and guests in the event of a fire.

This project included the design, installation and commissioning of a full new wired Fire Alarm System. The project was carried out in tight schedule and completed with 6 weeks during the summer break. The site is situated over separate buildings.

Midland Fire were commissioned for the installation of a new Fire Alarm System to the newly constructed Student Union, the project included new panel and field wiring, the panel is networked to the existing site wide fire alarm system.

This project involved the installation of a complete upgrade to the communal general lighting, emergency lighting and fire alarm system in a live retirement home. The fire alarm was interfaced to the warden call system and included part 6 detection to the tenants flats.

This project included the installation and programming services to upgrade and replace the existing fire alarm system to a fully addressable Gent Vigilion Networked System. This project involved working in a live hospital, and required detailed planning and liaising with the estates team and local departments to carry out the work in a convenient method suitable in a working public environment.

This project included the services to provide the commissioning and programming of a large complex networked fire alarm system with complex cause and effect programming.