About MSL Fire Protection
MSL Fire Protection was incorporated on 14th November 1984 and has provided over 35 Years of quality installation & servicing to the fire alarm & fire suppression industry.
Our purpose is to ensure the safety of all our clients and this is why we provide tailored advice and solutions. MSL Fire pride ourselves on ensuring we provide the best customer service and after-care.
Our longevity proves our involvement within the industry has been both comprehensive and innovative.
We are based in the South East of England and predominantly work within this and the London area.
Our Accreditations
MSL Fire hold the ISO 9001 Quality Approval for Fire Alarm and Suppression systems
BAFE SP203 PART 1 – FIRE ALARM SYSTEM DESIGN, INSTILLATION, MAINTENANCE
BAFE PART 3 – GAS SUPPRESSION SYSTEM DESIGN, INSTILLATION, MAINTENANCE
Members of the FIA (Fire Industry Association)
Safe Contractor approved
MSL Fire hold the ISO 9001 Quality Approval for Fire Alarm and Suppression systems
Why choose MSL Fire?
We have partnered with Uptick – the leading asset management software in the Fire Protection industry
Friendly, local service
Our experienced team of engineers are based in and around the South East.
Years of experience
Our dedicated team have over 35 years’ experience in designing, supplying, installing and commissioning fire alarm systems
Complete design solution
MSL Fire provide a complete design solution, from initial survey, through system design, to installation and maintenance. Our diverse range of clients allows us to recommend the best system for your property and industry.
Service and maintenance
MSL Fire provide assistance 24/7, 365 days of the year for your peace of mind.
Trusted products
MSL Fire use the most advanced and up to date equipment, installed in compliance with legal requirements to the relevant standards.
An accredited company
MSL Fire are F-Gas Certified and are members of the FIA (Fire Industry association). In addition, we are Safe Contractor Approved, hold the ISO 9001 Quality Approval and are BAFE SP203 Parts 1 & 3 certified.
Maintenance and installations Include:
- Off shore and dry-dock light vessels & off shore and mainland
- Media providers / Studios for ITV, BBC & CH4
- Financial institutions
- Hotels
- Schools
- Commercial office building and industrial factories.
- Data centres
- Hospitals
Some of our clients
Our history
The journey and transformation that MSL has witnessed during its long history makes for almost unbelievable reading, compared to today’s protective and environmental friendly world.
Back in the 1980’s the vast majority of fire alarm systems were in fact switches (break glass call points) and bells. Very few buildings had detection systems as we know them today.
An early MSL installation in 1985 was to remove some 50 aptly named “rat-cage” heat detectors from an operational warehouse and replace them with beam detection.
The rat-cage was pure science. Imagine something similar to an egg timer glass, now remove the “sand” and replace it with “mercury”, keep the spring loaded tube just under the horizontal with a bi-metal strip. When the bi-metal strip was subjected to heat it released the spring, forcing the “tube” upward allowing the mercury to flow, which shorted the contacts at the other end of the tube, thus making the circuit. Brilliant!
Fire alarm panels were made of wood, how environmentally friendly. Basically a wooden box with coils holding small red & white checked paper squares (flags), above small vision windows – if a coil energised and a flag dropped down into view – you had a fire.
The Big Bang or the deregulation of financial markets in 1986 produced a leap in technology with the buzz words being “electro data processing” = “Halon suppression”. A must have it seemed for almost every building and room in the City of London, let alone the rest of the UK.
The first suppression system installed and commissioned by MSL was in fact a fire alarm control panel (complete with vanished wooden surround) which had a box of tricks called the coincidence unit coupled underneath. From this master set of controls all the smoke detectors and field devices were wired in Mineral Insulated Copper Clad – MICC cable. An installation skill which very few “installers” can complete today.
This magical time saw fire alarm & suppression companies appearing like magic. Perhaps this was not too surprising due to the “testing” of the newly installed suppression systems. All end users would readily and perhaps more importantly be happy to pay for their new systems to be fully discharged. Following this most exiting demonstration and when the dust had settled (literally) a man in a white coat would enter the area and “analyse” the gas concentration. Sometimes the analysis would produce the view that the Halon gas “should” extinguish a fire if ever there was one. Therefore, and now the good bit, replace the Halon and submit the invoice. Ozone layer, what ozone layer! Since then, thankfully the industry has evolved and there is a continued focus on the environment and protecting it for future generations. MSL’s environmental policy shows our commitment to protecting the world we live in.
Innovation after innovation followed and today MSL installs, commissions and maintains:
- HSSD air sampling systems
- Multi networked analogue addressable fire detection & alarm systems
- Voice Alarms
- Gas suppression
- Radio controlled systems
- Water mist
- Computer reference with control graphic packages
