More than 2000 fire doors fail safety tests
Thousands of fire doors in blocks of flats across Brighton and Hove have failed fire safety tests and will need to be replaced, costing the council over £2.5 million.
Landlord fined £60,000 for 12 breaches, for putting tenants at risk
A landlord has been fined £55,000 plus over £3000 in fees after inspectors found faulty fire alarms and a leaking roof at a set of 16 bedsits in Southport.
Newmarket Academy fire damages classes at school
About 30 firefighters tackled a blaze at a secondary school which may have been caused by a lightning strike. The Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) for this site should have highlighted the need for surge protection and the issues within BS 62305 which would have much reduced the risk of this fire or, possibly avoided it altogether.
Why do we need to consider water leak detection?
Water leak detection is now commonly installed for most data centres, communication rooms and other information technology dependant structures. The assets within these building are critical and the early notification of possible disruption caused by leaking of water from HVAC, AC Units, water supply pipes, drainage or even ground water is essential. Research which shows…
Hotel boss pleads guilty to fire offences that placed people at risk of serious injury or death
Salim Virani, the boss of The Crown Hotel in Burnley, has pleaded guilty to a string of offences after the hotel was shut down in 2017. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service carried out an inspection in 2017 and found a range of problems, which varied from a lack of fire detectors and alarms to missing…
Fire Sector Federation Newsletter #4
If you’re interested in Fire Safety have a read of the Fire Sector Federations’ latest newsletter
Not complying with a number of building regulations can have serious consequences
Mohammed Saleem, of Bromham Road, Bedford, pleaded guilty when the appeared at Luton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. (Jan 29) The court heard how Mr Saleem had not complied with a number of building regulations including some critical fire safety requirements while carrying out work to convert an existing office space into flats. In passing sentence,…
10 Things Employers Might Not Know About Fire Safety Regulations
Over 600 prosecutions have taken place since the Regulatory (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (The FSO) came into force in 2006. The Order dictates that where premises exist as a workplace, the Employer is usually the person, or organisation with responsibilities for fire safety. Every employer should be mindful of their fire risk management responsibilities, but…
Smoke Detectors – testing and compliance
BS 5839 1: 2017 45.3 – Real Stimuli Required “Since stimulus of the sensing element through introduction of the phenomena or surrogate phenomena which the detectors are designed to detect forms part of the test(s), use of a test button or a test magnet (for example) or compliance with 45(i) (confirmation of analogue values) does…
Changes to BS 7671 -18th edition for sleep in risks
With the forthcoming changes to BS 7671 18th edition relating to AFDD’s should we, from the perspective of fire risk assessments be looking to expect the retrospective change to AFDD devices in sites with either a sleep-in capability or where there is a previously identified high risk – maybe a DSEAR report or similar identification…