The 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.
DetailsThe use of the correct type of distribution boards under amendment 1 of the changes to BS 7671 and the forthcoming publication of amendment 2 for high rise residential buildings and, the use or not of AFDD within the distribution board is urgently needed, confusion either causes mistakes or allows unscrupulous contractors to swerve the…
DetailsA flat fire on Wellington Way in Bow is believed to have been accidental and caused by the failure of a lithium-ion battery for an e-bike that had been on charge.
DetailsCare home, Elder Healthcare, which runs on the Isle of Man, has been fined £46,000 for health and safety breaches after a 95-year-old died in a fire in 2019.
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsFollowing my attendance and presentation on BS 8629 to the IFSM at Milton Keynes Football Stadium, I was presented with the plaque by chairman Bob Doherty.
DetailsIf you have, or are considering an offer from a contractor to add solar panels – PV – to offset the costs of your energy use then consider the following in terms of both your fire risk assessment and insurance provision for the building, the same applies if this is for a client site where…
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