Builder ordered to pay £80,000 over fatal fire
A retired builder has been given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay £80,000 after an employee died in a fire at his home
Worcester Park flats are still at risk from missing or useless fire stopping measures
Residents on two housing estates where blocks of flats burned down have been left at risk because of fire stopping measures in buildings being “missing or useless”.
Fines for fire safety breaches have soared since Grenfell
The average Fire Safety Order breach fine has risen sharply since the fire at Grenfell Tower in 2017.
Landlord fined £2000 after fire safety breaches were found
An inspection has left an HMO landlord with a large fine after an array of fire safety breaches were found at his property in Birmingham.
The hard-hitting video launched for Fire Door Safety Week 2019
Fire Door Safety Week 2019 has launched the film below showing how it must feel to be so powerless, so utterly incapable of being able to do anything about your own safety.
Considering the issues that have arisen since the introduction of the Fire Safety Order
As we approach the 13th anniversary of the introduction of the Fire Safety Order it is worth a minute to consider the issues that have come from it.
Poor fire protection in two thirds of english schools
A report from insurer Zurich Municipal – which insures ‘about half’ of all UK schools and universities – noted that two thirds of schools ‘are not properly prepared’ for a fire.
Wakefield Grammar School found guilty of fire offences
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority (WYFRA) brought a prosecution against Wakefield Grammar School Foundation and its former fire risk assessor Doctor James Gibson.
How do you know you have a suitable Fire Risk Assessment?
Using Veritas Fire Support Services, a BAFE Registered Fire Risk Assessment (SP205) provider, will assist you in meeting your obligations under national fire safety legislation.
Should all hotels be fitted with sprinklers following the Holiday Inn fire?
Is our reliance on fire compartmentation to halt the spread of fire is based on outdated thinking and could sprinklers could play a bigger role?