Care home fined for fire safety breaches

The owners of a care home in Kendray, Barnsley, have had to pay more than £11,000 in fines and costs for breaching fire safety legislation. Park Care Ltd, the owners of Park Grange nursing home, pleaded guilty to three breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety)...

UK house fire figures could be double official statistics

New research suggests that the amount of UK house fires could be double official government statistics. Stone Wool insulation provider Rockwool has found only half of all UK house fires were attended by fire brigades in the last five years. The rest of the blazes were...

Kent F&RS issue a guide for automatic fire alarms

Kent Fire and Rescue Service have issued a guide for responsible persons in charge of automatic fire alarms, in a bid to ensure they are aware of their legal responsibilities. Since April this year it has been Kent FRS’ policy to not respond to automatic fire alarms...