Contract win is a fair cop for Impeller

A Wearside business is helping Northumbria Police stay safe.

Impeller has won the contract to carry out fire risk assessments for all the force’s sites across the region.

Impeller, a social enterprise which works with Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service, won the work through competitive tender and will use serving and retired fire safety officers who all have operational experience.

CEO Will Fatherley said: “This is a great contract win for Impeller and we are extremely happy to be working with Northumbria Police.

“Our Fire Risk Assessment expertise is second to none in the North East and, as a social enterprise, our proceeds are reinvested back into local community safety.

“Fire Risk Assessments are an incredibly important part of fire safety compliance for all organisations and we are very pleased Northumbria Police have put their trust in our services.’

Impeller has carried out Fire Risk Assessments for a host of notable other customers including English Heritage, Percy Hedley Foundation, St Martins Care and Cardinal Hume Catholic School.

The partnership with Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Service allows Impeller to offer a broad scope of services to help customers both stay compliant and develop their organisations.

Compliance services include fire warden training; fire engineering; fire fighter training; first aid training; occupational Health Services; Health and Safety consultancy, and fleet and equipment servicing.

Development services include team building; leadership development programmes; media training; business continuity planning; risk Management and resilience and driver training.