Fire

A property letting company and its former director have been prosecuted for breaching fire safety legislation following a fire in a basement flat in Harrogate in December 2012. An inspection of the premises by fire safety officers identified deficiencies in the required fire protection measures. There was no fire alarm or detection system in the

While not mandatory for residential common, managed areas in Scotland, unlike England and Wales, this incident highlights the necessity for regular fire risk assessments in buildings. Click  

BBC News – Asda in Slough fined for fire safety breach.

Thankfully no injuries. Every commercial property MUST have a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment.  It will be interesting to see if the Pizza shop had one in place. Investigation into cause of Teesside fire | Tyne Tees – ITV News.

#Fire #Edinburgh If you live in apartments/flats do you know your escape procedure and how to get yourself and family safely out the building. If you manage a block of flats do you have an adequate fire risk assessment, helping to ensure your tenants have the ability to safely evacuate?  What are the risks from

An adequate fire risk assessment ensures that high risk areas are identified and appropriate measures put in place. A high profile fire at the Balmoral Pub in Edinburgh in 2009, which resulted in the death of a fire fighter,  has led to a call for mandatory measures be put in place, i.e. sprinkler systems, due

HERTFORD House Hotel in Hertfordshire has been fined in court for breaching fire safety. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service prosecuted the Parliament Square hotel after it ignored prohibition notice banning it from blocking an escape route with rubbish and wheelie bins. The hotel’s director and operations manager Nick Shipton pleaded guilty to breaching a prohibition

Excellent Fire Safety guide from the FIA available here: http://bit.ly/ijcoES

Seven people have been taken to hospital after a fire at high-rise block of flats in south London. Emergency crews were sent to Salamanca Place, Lambeth, when the blaze started in the early hours. Firefighters used a ladder to rescue nine people from the 17-storey building and a further 10 people were led to safety

An appropriate fire risk assessment does not mean a building is ‘fire proof’.  It will reduce risk however, and ensure that escape routes are appropriate. Bermondsey tower block blaze ‘sparked by lightning bolt’ – Telegraph.