newsLONDON FIRE Brigade’s new deputy commissioner is calling for an end to abuse towards staff as new figures show firefighters and control officers are increasingly suffering from regular incidents of offensive behaviour.
newsA BUILDING contractor has been fined £600k and its director has been ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work and fined £4,200 following serious and repeated failings in managing the risk of fire during work at a construction site.
newsDO YOU know how many fire doors your business has? Rather shockingly, according to a 2022 survey by Peninsula, one-quarter of businesses don’t actually know.
productINDOOR FIRE can become seriously dangerous very quickly. With the proper fire stopping safety measures in place, you can limit the spread of fire, allowing time for a safe evacuation. Without them, however, a fire can grow into an out-of-control blaze, says London Fire Solutions.
newsA HOTEL owner has been ordered to pay £50,000 after he continued to take guests despite being issued with a prohibition notice for serious fire safety failings. He also received custodial sentences, suspended for two years.
newsA KENT groundwork contractor has been fined after a worker sustained serious burns following petrol being thrown on a bonfire.
newsA NORTHWEST manufacturing company has been fined after an explosion led to a reactor bursting open and ejecting a motor through a roof.
newsDOOR & HARDWARE Federation (DHF) is once again demonstrating its continuing support for Fire Door Safety Week, a national safety awareness campaign that was first launched in 2013, and in response to a legacy of fire door neglect.
productFIRE SPREADS quickly, destroying buildings, assets and lives. However, thermal imaging cameras from Teledyne FLIR can help prevent fires by detecting hot spots before they ignite.
newsARDENT HAS issued a warning to farmers following a surge in machinery fires as a result of the ongoing heatwave.
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