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…
DetailsIt is essential that for the Responsible and/or Accountable Person(s) identified in a Fire Risk Assessment to fully cognisant of both the legal and commercial consequences of having the very best commercial insurance cover, especially when considering the need for disclosure of previously identified non-compliance issues for the building and that accurate costs for long term consequential loss cover has been provided.
DetailsIn order to ensure the fire alarm system works at its optimum level it is necessary to understand the actions and consequences for false alarms and their management.
DetailsThinking outside the box when considering the appreciation of risk is essential when trying to understand and interpret what is seen or anticipated might impact on the risk for the client site, the business activities and the people involved.
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsFollowing the issue of a revisions document for BS9991 the following key parts have been highlighted which may have an impact in some of your appreciations for site support. My future FRA works will need to qualify some or all of these depending on site specific requirements. Please feel free to distribute this internally or…
DetailsWhilst HMG have unfortunately rejected the key elements of the Grenfell enquiry review for PEEPS and disability planning for elderly and disabled residents in HRB sites the issues will not go away and HMG have been subject to widespread criticism over this and the questions still remain as to what is best to do to…
DetailsThe growing media issues with electric bikes and scooters is becoming a major issue in the fire and life safety field and the overall lack of data and appreciations of consequence is alarming. Clearly there are serious and significant issues with the lithium batteries and the potential issues from fire from damaged or sub standard…
DetailsOn 29th March, Fire Safety Matters hosted another webinar in it’s opening CPD series. The focus on this occasion was ‘Flexible Evacuation Solutions to Meet BS 8629’. Brian Sims reviews what was said on the day by subject matter experts from webinar sponsor Advanced and Veritas Fire Support Services.
DetailsAfter multiple and repeated breaches of the Fire Safety Order, a landlord and responsible person for an office block in Bedford have been fined £40,000.
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