Government confirms the biggest changes to building fire safety in a generation
New measures announced include mandatory sprinkler systems and consistent wayfinding signage in all new high-rise blocks of flats over 11 metres tall in the latest changes to building fire safety. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP (2 April 2020) has announced...
Milton Keynes hotel bosses fined £220k for operating without a fire alarm for six weeks
Bosses behind the Campanile Hotel, in Fenny Stratford, have been ordered to pay £220k for fire safety breaches according to Milton Keynes FM. It has been revealed that the Campanile Hotel in Fenny Stratford, owned by Milcardar Ltd, was operating for six weeks (from...
Widely used HPL cladding system dramatically fails official fire test
A high-pressure laminate (HPL) cladding system believed to be in use on thousands of buildings has dramatically failed a safety test, with flames ripping through a nine metre test rig in under eight minutes. It saw a cladding system made of ‘standard grade’ HPL and...
EXCLUSIVE: Sheffield student accommodation blocks set for ‘urgent’ fire inquiry
South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority (SYFR) are set to launch an ‘urgent’, independent review into Sheffield’s student accommodation sector, in order to examine the fire safety of the city’s accommodation according to ForgeToday. The review comes after a blaze...
Surrey Fire and Rescue rated ‘inadequate’ at efficiently keeping people safe, damning report reveals
(Image: Woking Fire Station/Facebook) Inspectors had "serious concerns" about the performance of Surrey's fire service in keeping people safe Surrey Fire and Rescue Service has been rated "inadequate" at efficiently keeping people safe, an official report has...
Leaked Grenfell dossier reveals how disastrous refurbishment turned tower into a ‘tinderbox’
Report lays bare the failures that caused the fire to spread, killing 71 A report prepared as part of the police investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire has uncovered calamitous deficiencies in the installation of the windows, cavity barriers and cladding system,...
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