by Admin | Mar 30, 2016 | News, Prosecutions, Source Fire News
The operators of a Wearside care home have been left with a £400,000 bill for five breaches of fire safety regulations, uncovered after a blaze in a resident’s bedroom. Shaftesbury Care Group Ltd, which runs Donwell House Care Home in Washington, was fined...
by Admin | Feb 3, 2016 | News
The government have recently commissioned reports that enquire into how major fires in historic buildings start. The key to a successful solution is in a comprehensive fire risk assessment that identifies the danger to both the life of its occupants and the property....
by Admin | Feb 2, 2016 | News, Prosecutions
Housing manager Lewisham Homes has been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay £23,407 prosecution costs for breaking fire safety laws following a fatal fire in a Deptford tower block in which two women died according to London Fire Brigade. Lewisham Homes were sentenced at...
by Admin | Feb 1, 2016 | News
The former leaseholder of a Walworth public house has received a 16 month suspended prison sentence for breaking fire safety laws following a successful prosecution by London Fire Brigade. At a sentencing hearing at Inner London Crown Court on Monday (25 January),...
by Admin | Jan 18, 2016 | News, Source Fire News
The emergency sprinkler systems at The Address Downtown Dubai hotel ran out of water 15 minutes after the fire broke out on New Year’s Eve, it has been claimed. An official from Dubai Civil Defence (DCD) has revealed the huge fire put undue pressure on the fire safety...
