Continuing Professional Development (CPD) plays a pivotal role in the fire industry. This has been solidified following the newly updated BS 5839-1:2025. The standard now describes a competent person as the following: “A person, suitably trained and qualified by knowledge and practical experience, and provided with the necessary instructions, to enable the required task(s) to…
The government accepts all of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s findings and the problems which must be fixed that were highlighted by the recommendations.Read the full response…
The head of Avon Fire Authority has branded e-scooters a “fire risk” following a warehouse blaze involving hundreds of Voi vehicles. Read the full article on the BristolLive website >
With the relaxation of the covid restrictions people will soon be looking forward to holidays the Airbnb offerings will come to the fore. What is often overlooked here and as a result of the radar of the normal fire and life safety conversations is that Airbnb sites are outside of planning rules and conventional hotel…
If your building has been fitted with a fully compliant 8629/BAFE SP207 evacuation system what are you to do come month 13 post commissioning, clearly the standard requires a mandatory service provision which should be done by the installer/commissioning incumbent – IF you choose to change the incumbent then this really should only be to…
In the period since the publication of the Hackitt report our industry strived for a method of joining the dots together to ensure the end client actually gets what was asked for and needed, actually this is more difficult than it appears as there are those in the industry that are outside of the SP207…
A successful prosecution against the owner of a restaurant in Maidenhead for fire safety breaches has resulted in an £85,000 fine.
UK Fire Consulting Ltd – the company providing the fire risk assessment for Cranleigh House was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay costs of £19,952.
More than 120 firefighters spent about three hours tackling the blaze at the New Providence Wharf estate tower blocks.
A hotel operator appeared in court last Friday March 12, where he was sentenced to nine months in custody, suspended for 12 months, for multiple breaches of fire safety legislation.