Beechmere incident commander ‘saved lives’
Residents of the Beechmere residential apartments would have died in a blaze at a retirement complex without a fire chief’s “swift and decisive actions”.
Retirement home complex partially collapses after blaze forces evacuation of 150 residents
Emergency services have been at the Beechmere supported living development in Crewe since around 4.30pm on Thursday, with more than 70 firefighters tackling the blaze throughout the night.
Student accommodation has been evacuated over fire safety concerns
After fire chiefs served an enforcement notice on a block of student flats ten months ago, the accommodation has officially been evacuated over concerns of fire safety
More fire risk assessors could be prosecuted
Fire safety professionals could be held accountable for fire safety breaches in the same way as building owners, according to an expert in fire safety law.
Passive fire protection gone wrong: How housing providers can provide quality assurance
Following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy in London in 2017, many housing providers are working hard to ensure their housing stock is safe.
Fire door case study: Achieving compliance in children’s homes
P.A. Fire Systems Ltd, a family-run fire alarm installation company based in West Sussex, recently completed work on two children’s homes for Hillcrest Children’s Services. Find out about the brief and how they met it.
Fake landlord puts tenants in severe fire risk
A tenant pretending to be landlord has been ordered to pay more than £21,000 after he carved up five family homes he rented into unsafe bedsits – putting the lives of at least 40 vulnerable residents at risk.
Landlord prosecuted for putting 16 tenants lives at risk
A £38,000 fine and a suspended sentence has been enforced on a landlord who put his tenants’ lives at risk with his ‘careless’ approach to fire safety.
Company directors convicted after major fires
Two former directors of Lawrence Skip Hire Ltd were given suspended prison sentences and community punishment orders at Worcester Crown Court.
Fire crews remain at the scene of a blaze at a Northamptonshire recycling depot
The fire began at Cawleys waste transfer and recycling depot on the Finedon Road Industrial Estate in Wellingborough shortly before 2.30pm on Friday 5th July, according to the local fire service.