Bargain fire risk assessment? You get what you pay for!

Thanks to Volkswagen for developing this brilliant commercial that has sentiments that apply equally to fire risk assessment – you get exactly what you pay for. The purpose of the fire risk assessment is to provide building owners, managers and occupiers with...

Wokingham Guest House owner fined for breaches in fire safety

A guest house owner has been fined after admitting a number of fire safety breaches according to getreading.co.uk. Derrick Rands, joint owner of Wokingham Guest House, in Oxford Road, appeared before Reading Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday accused of five...

Blackdown Hall fire was ’caused by electrical fault’

A severe fire at an Edwardian apartment block in Leamington Spa was probably caused by an electrical fault, a chief firefighter has said according to bbc.co.uk. The blaze at Blackdown Hall started on the first floor of one of the flats at around 13:45 GMT on Wednesday...

Council’s £3m legal bill over tower block fire

A council has spent more than £3  million in legal fees preparing for an inquest into the deaths of six people killed in a tower block fire. Three adults and three children died in the blaze at Lakanal House in Camberwell after a defective television switch started a...

Hotel pays £50,000 for fire safety offences

A hotel company has had to pay £50,000 in fines and costs after breaching fire safety legislation. Chescombe Ltd – owner of Tantons Hotel in Bideford – was fined £40,000 and ordered to pay £10,000 in costs at Exeter Crown Court on 20 September. The company had...