Ashfield Safety Hire  - André Beard

Ashfield Safety Hire normally known as A.S.H. is a company specialising in the hire, sales and service of gas detection equipment and all associated confined space products and training.

A.S.H. have a specialised gas detection service centre where units for calibration are turned around usually within 48 hours. Unit serial numbers along with manufacturers make and model are then added to our database along with due dates, history and copy certificates which are kept on file for 5 years. Each month we send out a list of all units that require forth coming calibration to the relevant customers in order to help them maintain equipment for their own audits.

For a number of years the company has run an extensive fleet of gas detectors, which were hired mainly to the construction industry. The main complaint had been with water damage due to fine mist created from the likes of high-powered jetting and heavy rain. This had resulted in an extensive search by A.S.H. for a gas detector, which was as close to waterproof as possible. After many claims by a number of manufacturers we ended up testing the Biosystems Multivision. This was found to be still working after being submerged to a depth of 500mm for three hours, upon extensive examination we also found that there had been no ingress into any part of the unit! Still being sceptical we took the unit on a trial basis into our hire fleet and have not looked back since. We have now almost eradicated any water damage costs, which has in turn generated many sales to customers.