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.
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…
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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,…
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…
A Hatfield-based landlady has received a 10 year ban from managing properties after she was charged with housing multiple occupation (HMO) offences.
A BETHNAL Green guest house owner who removed the staircase from his property has been hit with a £250,000 fine and a six-month suspended prison sentence. Fire officers described the ‘City View Guest House’ on Cambridge Heath Road E2 as a ‘potential death trap.’ Mehmood Butt was converting the building into guest house accommodation from a…