Fire Protection

These new measures, announced as part of the Government's response to the Fire Safety Consultation, will come into force as part of the legislation in the Building Safety Bill.

Research has shown that using a mobile phone can impair driving ability more than being over the drink drive limit.

This week sees the launch of Heads Up, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service's new site dedicated to highlighting real fires and the often unexpected ways they can start. This site replaces their existing Black Museum web page.

Specialist AEI Cables has sent out a message to the supply chain highlighting the need to use only approved cabling in critical signal and control equipment following the announcement of a revised version of the Code of Practice covering these areas of performance.

The move follows the recent testimony to the Grenfell Inquiry that shone a light on the dishonest practice by some manufacturers of construction products, including deliberate attempts to game the system and rig results of safety tests.

In August 2020, HMICFRS were commissioned by the Home Secretary to inspect how fire and rescue services in England were responding to Covid-19, including looking at how fire services are dealing with the problems they face and what changes are likely as a result of the pandemic.

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has called the incident a "tragedy" that takes on new relevance in the wake of Grenfell.

The FIA has developed a unique portal which now provides a central readily-accessible location for EWS-1 forms and, for the first time, the ability for signatories to complete the forms online.

Review group calls for tighter control on fireworks.