Category: Fire Safety & Prevention
Fire Safety & Prevention
Thousands of Brits are left in danger by inadequate fire safety features
Experts are calling for more to be done to stop fire protection systems from failing, after figures from the Home Office revealed that over half …
Fire Safety & Prevention
Waterguard and Ramtech Unveil Fire and Leak Detection Collaboration
Construction technology specialists, Waterguard and Ramtech, have announced plans to interlink their leak and fire detection systems in a bid to improve efficiencies on construction …
Fire Safety & Prevention
ARE WE PRIORITISING ENERGY EFFICIENCY OVER BUILDING RESILIENCE AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY?
In a post-Covid world, the need to consider the overall sustainability of the built environment in order to make sure we build and renovate in …
Fire Safety & Prevention
AEI Cables clinches multi-million dollar Sky City contract at Hong Kong airport
Industry leader AEI Cables has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to supply low voltage power and fire performance cables to the prestigious Sky City …
Fire Safety & Prevention
WHY ACTIVE FIRE PROTECTION MUST PLAY A ROLE IN SUSTAINABILITY
In a post-Covid world, governments are being urged by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) to implement deep building renovation and performance standards for newly constructed …
Fire Safety & Prevention
WHY DO SCHOOLS LACK FIRE PROTECTION SUCH AS SPRINKLERS?
The upheaval in education due to the pandemic in the past year has only highlighted how damaging the closure of schools has been and the …
Fire Safety & Prevention
TWO UNSPRINKLERED FACTORY FIRES, SAME OUTCOME: TWO DESTROYED BUILDINGS
In early April, when industrial fires broke out in two different locations, they both had the same devastating outcome. On the 10th April, a fire …
Fire Safety & Prevention
Fire Tears Through Tower-Block Near Canary Wharf With Similar Cladding To Grenfell Tower
Emergency services were called to a 19-storey tower-block over the weekend when a fire broke out at New Providence Wharf development, near Canary Wharf, which reportedly had cladding similar to …
Fire Safety & Prevention
Smoke control systems must remain operational to protect occupants of high-rise buildings
The recent discovery that the smoke control system on Grenfell Tower had been inoperative for over a year before the refurbishment and that the tenant …
Fire Safety & Prevention
SSAIB awarded accreditation to certify installers for BAFE’s emergency evacuation scheme
SSAIB has announced it has achieved accreditation for BAFE’s SP207 scheme for emergency evacuation systems, which are used by Fire and Rescue services to prioritise …
