by Admin | Aug 28, 2017 | News, Source Fire News
A total of 228 high-rise buildings are fitted with cladding are considered to be ‘at risk’ and do not meet fire safety standards, official tests ordered by the Government in the wake of the Grenfell fire have concluded according to ITV.com. The latest...
by Admin | Apr 12, 2017 | News, Prosecutions, Source Fire News
A property company was today ordered to pay fines and costs of £460,000 for fire safety breaches at a retirement home where an elderly woman died in a fire according to Surrey News. FirstPort Limited, formerly Peverel Management Services, was prosecuted by Surrey Fire...
by Admin | Apr 12, 2017 | News, Prosecutions, Source Fire News
A care home has been fined £100,000 after fire doors and escape routes were blocked according to bbc.co.uk. Charges were brought against Almondsbury Care Ltd, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset,...
by Admin | Feb 24, 2017 | News, Prosecutions, Source Fire News
A London council expressed its “sincere regret” as it pleaded guilty to four charges relating to a tower block fire which killed six people according to bbc.co.uk. Three women and three young children were killed in the 2009 blaze at Lakanal House in...
by Admin | Dec 15, 2016 | News, Source Fire News
A Cumbrian hospital has been forced to close to new admissions after fire safety concerns. Ellerbeck ward at Workington Hospital is not admitting patients after a specialist report highlighted issues that would limit the ability to evacuate the first floor ward. A...
by Admin | Dec 8, 2016 | News, Source Fire News
Pakistan hotel fire: Eleven killed at Karachi’s Regent Plaza At least 11 people have died in a fire at a four-star hotel in the Pakistani city of Karachi. The fire began in the kitchen on the ground floor of the Regent Plaza hotel, before spreading through the...
