Dealing with electrical fire hazards

Technology can sometimes be a double-edged sword, allowing us to work more efficiently and make everyday living less arduous, but the use of electrical equipment also brings with it great risks that we must do our best to minimise. While the last few years have seen a...

Firm fined for fire safety breaches at care home

A care home business has been fined as much as £40,000, with a further £15,000 in costs, over breaches of fire safety regulations at a facility in Runcorn. Prosecutors allege that it put elderly clients in danger of losing their lives or being seriously injured in the...

Students flee as St Clements tumble dryer catches fire

A tumble dryer burst into flames at a St Clements student accommodation flat on the 25th of June, resulting in the attendance of fire services, according to Oxford Fire and Rescue Service. The Service was called to Allan Bullock Close, following reports that a laundry...

Housing Association investigated over fire safety

A housing association has been put on the social housing regulator’s ‘watchlist’ following concerns over fire safety according to insidehousing. The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is investigating Symphony Housing Group after the landlord reported concerns about...

Tenants Lives Endangered by ‘Penny Pinching’ Landlord

A landlord with as many as nineteen North East Lincolnshire properties has been accused of lying to police and operating as a “penny pinching profiteer”. The 53 year old faces prison after putting his tenants lives at risk, by failing to fulfil his...

Nightclub owner fined for fire safety failings

A NIGHTCLUB owner has been ordered to pay over £8,000 after failing to respond to information requests by South Wales Fire and Rescue Service according to southwalesargus. District Judge Stephen Harmes found nightclub owner Nathan Jones guilty of two charges of...