The Importance of PIPA testing
August 3, 2009 by funfactor
Every so often at PIPA HQ they get an anonymous call from someone alerting them of an inflatable hire company who is displaying the PIPA logo but does not actually use PIPA tested equipment. These situations are always hard to deal with. They always encourage operators to display the PIPA logo in order to raise awareness of the sceme. However it is the inflatables that are registered with PIPA and not the operators.
Unfortunately it is very easy for operators without PIPA tested equipment to obtain a copy of the PIPA logo and use it to gain credibility without actually getting their units inspected.
Obviously PIPA do want to preserve the integrity of the scheme, any inflatable without a tag is simply not PIPA registered. The status of an inflatable with a tag can be checked online http://www.pipa.org.uk/findTag.asp or at PIPA administration on 0207 340 6265. All you need is the unit tag number to find out wheather the unit is tested or not. Operators with PIPA tested equipment should be willing to give their tag numbers to prospective clients, if operators refuse then customers have every right to doubt their equipment.
Hopefully the extent of this practice will improve as PIPA’s new awareness campaign gathers pace. Their focus at the moment is to get the scheme recognised among local authority event organisers.
If you suspect an operator is claiming to have PIPA tested equipment but if fact does not you can contact PIPA through the website http://www.pipa.org.uk/publicReport.asp or on 0207 340 6265, an administrator from PIPA will then investigate.