Fire Alarms System Classifications A fire alarm system is installed to protect employees, customers, visitors and lastly the building. Everyone depends on this system functioning properly in the event of a fire, acting as an early warning system, enabling safe and timely evacuation. There is a legal obligation to ensure that your fire detection and alarm system is […]
Are Your Fire Doors Up to Standard? An integral part of the fire strategy and essential to protecting your staff. A fire strategy in conjunction with scale drawings, should unambiguously detail the type of fire safety facilities that are to be incorporated within the building, along with their respective specifications. The method of operation of any system (ie […]
Fire Safety Training is Essential and a Legal Requirement - FACT! .....and it doesn't need to cost a fortune. There's a perception that training takes up time and money, which probably explains why employers may tried to avoid it. There’s no two ways about it - fire safety training for staff is a legal requirement […]
Sixty homes destroyed in blaze Dozens of families have been told they "may never be able to enter their homes again" after a major fire destroyed 60 flats in Wigan. About 50 firefighters remain at the six-storey Wharfside block, on Heritage Way, after the blaze broke out on the top floor at about 04:00 BST […]
MDS Recycling £45k fire safety fine A £45k fire safety fine (the largest ever fine) handed to a Welsh company for flouting fire safety regulations has been given to a Torfaen recycling firm. Cwmbran-based MDS Recycling was ordered to pay £45,000 plus £3,207 costs at Cwmbran Magistrates' Court. South Wales Fire and Rescue Service brought the case […]
Landlord Given Prison Sentence Students had to be rescued from the multi-occupancy premises at Nine Tree Hill in Cotham after a fire in January 2012. Landlord Garreth Wilson was found to have breached fire safety regulations and afterwards was handed a four-month suspended prison sentence and told to pay £10,000 costs. But Bristol Crown Court heard […]
Rainham Pallet Yard Blaze The smoke from the fire yesterday evening at a pallet yard in East Hall Lane. More than 80 firefighters tackled a huge blaze at a pallet yard yesterday evening. The London Fire Brigade was called at 7.57pm to East Hall Lane, Rainham, where a large stack of pallets and an outer […]
Huge Recycling Plant Fire near Ancaster Up to 12 fire crews are tackling a large fire involving 400 bales of household waste and carpets near Ancaster. Crews were called to the giant blaze on the High Dyke at Barkston Heath at 1.57am this morning (Tuesday). There have been reports that the smoke could be seen […]
Arson is the largest cause of fire in commercial premises. Don't Lose Your Livelihood to Arson. In the first half of 2009, the ABI reported that insurers paid out £639 million for damage caused by fire, and arson counts for half of all fire in commercial premises. It is estimated that 20 schools per week are affected […]
Fire Causes BT Data Center Outage Fire in a network room of a telco building in Belfast, UK, caused a BT data center outage Wednesday morning, affecting numerous customers, including government agencies. The fire was reported at 6 am local time, and firefighters extinguished it quickly, but turned off power to the entire data center […]
