Sarum Systems designs, installs, commissions and maintains fire alarm systems across Maldon, Heybridge and Heybridge Basin. We work on shops with flats above on the High Street, pubs and guest rooms near the waterfront, HMOs and rented flats, schools, care settings, offices and the warehouses on the Heybridge estates. Our panels are Kentec and Advanced with Apollo detection, and we take over and service systems other companies fitted. Free survey, a three hour response commitment on maintained systems, and the engineer who designed it is the one who answers the phone.
HD & 4K camera systems with remote viewing, recording and smart motion alerts.
Wired & wireless intruder alarms, monitored and app-connected, fitted to BS EN 50131.
Keypad, fob and door-entry systems that control exactly who goes where.
Fire detection and alarm systems designed, installed and serviced to BS 5839.
Fire alarm work in Maldon is shaped by the age and mix of the buildings. The conservation area along the High Street and down to the Hythe holds close to two hundred listed buildings, many with shops at street level and flats, offices or storage above. A commercial ground floor with sleeping accommodation over it is one of the higher-risk layouts there is, and it needs detection designed around the escape route, not a few heads on the ceiling. The Heybridge estates bring large open warehouses with high bays and racking, where beam detection and sounders that can be heard over machinery matter more. Waterside pubs and holiday lets around Heybridge Basin sit at the end of a single road. Maldon's own fire station on Wycke Hill is crewed by on-call firefighters, which is one more reason to give occupants as much warning as the design allows. Fire safety in Maldon is enforced by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, and we design and document every system so it stands up to their inspection.
Start with the fire risk assessment, because it sets the system category. A shop with a flat above usually needs automatic detection covering the shop and the shared escape route, so a fire downstairs is picked up before smoke reaches the stairs. An HMO in Maldon or Heybridge falls under BS 5839-6, typically Grade D1 or Grade A depending on size and layout, and the landlord or managing agent is the responsible person for the common parts. Warehouses on The Causeway and off Holloway Road need manual call points and sounders as a minimum, with automatic detection where the assessment calls for property protection. Whatever the category, BS 5839-1 recommends servicing at intervals not exceeding six months, and we keep a proper logbook so an inspecting officer from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service sees a system that is genuinely maintained.
Fire and security is all we do — from design to long-term maintenance, across every system.
An East Anglia-based team means faster surveys, quicker call-outs and engineers who know the area.
We don't disappear after install — ongoing maintenance keeps every system compliant and reliable.
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