Veritas Fire Support is pleased to announce the launch of an alternative to a fixed annual sum for fire risk assessment support Veritas is offering a package of support measures to sedentary sites where there may be a need for additional work to cover liaison meetings with contractors, residents or tenants, BCO or brigade, insurance…
DetailsI had the pleasure of writing an editorial on battery use and storage from a risk assessment perspective for the Autumn 2020 Daedalus IFSM newsletter.
DetailsRepeated inspections uncovered a string of problems including a non-functioning fire alarm system, useless smoke detectors, unsuitable fire escape routes and a broken emergency air venting system.
DetailsThe need for both external peer review & overwatch on what is provided is key to ensuring both the quality & content of the fire risk assessment report.
DetailsA comprehensive study by Zurich Municipal of all English schools shows ‘perfect storm’ of risky buildings and poor fire detection and prevention measures.
DetailsIn these unprecedented times following the outbreak of Covid 19 businesses have had to adapt to how staff and customers/visitors enter and exit their sites. In an effort to limit any infection transmission some firms have taken to propping open fire doors and external escape doors which vin principal seems a smart move, HOWEVER it…
DetailsThe Market Village Company Limited has been fined £80,000 for not maintaining the lighting in a fire escape which led to death of an 80-year-old pensioner
DetailsIn these unprecedented times issues within business premises and the shops and stores we are being allowed back into after the Covid-19 lockdown, there must be some consideration within their Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) regarding the escape routes that may have now been modified and barricaded to build a one-way system to funnel their customers…
DetailsWithin both your fire alarm strategy and fire risk assessment as well as your fire detection system there needs to be a serious discussion and consideration for the use of your building by persons with special needs. This is MANDATORY it is not optional. When in 1995 the disability discrimination act uniformly known as the…
DetailsAlan Diamond, owner of the Cornhill Hotel in Blackpool, has been given a nine-month sentence suspended for 18 months after a two-year long investigation by Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS).
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