by Admin | Nov 10, 2016 | News, Prosecutions, Source Fire News
A local firm and business director have been prosecuted for failing to provide suitable fire safety arrangements for members of the public at a popular public house in Banbury. Swan Pub Banbury Ltd and its director Mr Alan O’Donovan were together ordered to pay a...
by Admin | Nov 8, 2016 | News, Source Fire News
Two people were rescued by firefighters following a blaze at high-rise flats at Brewery Wharf on the edge of Leeds city centre. Crews from across the county were sent to the fire on the second floor of the Regent Quay flats, in Bowman Lane, at around 1pm yesterday...
by Admin | Nov 7, 2016 | News, Prosecutions, Source Fire News
A south east London care home must pay more than £40,000 for breaking fire safety laws after a blaze left an elderly woman on life support according to The Evening Standard. Six elderly residents had to be rescued after the fire ripped through the first floor wing of...
by Admin | Sep 1, 2016 | News, Source Fire News
Government ministers have been heavily criticised after quietly abandoning the requirement for fire sprinklers to be fitted in new schools, in what has been called a “retrograde step” by fire chiefs according to The Independent. An update to the Department of...
by Admin | Sep 1, 2016 | News, Source Fire News
The fire brigade is urging home owners to have life-saving smoke alarms fitted as new figures show they were missing in a third of fatal fires according to ITV.com. Mains powered domestic smoke alarm, Credit: Press Association The largest report into such incidents in...
by Admin | Aug 23, 2016 | News, Prosecutions, Source Fire News
A LANDLORD has been jailed after “cutting corners” and deliberately putting his “wealth” before the “safety of tenants” according to grimsbytelegraph.co.uk. He was “wholly money-orientated” and “woefully...
