BAFE, THE Fire Industry Association (FIA) and the National Security Inspectorate (NSI) have joined forces in calling on the Government to make independent third party certification mandatory for verifying the competence of fire safety providers alongside establishing a single authoritative register of appropriately certificated organisations. [Read More]

FIRE AND Rescue Services – among them the London Fire Brigade and the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service – are working in collaboration with Ofqual-regulated qualifications specialist SFJ Awards and the Fire Service College in order to improve skills development, training and standards when it comes to fire-focused investigations. [Read More]

THE BRITISH Standards Institution (BSI) has opened a public consultation on BS 9996: a proposed new standard covering the commissioning, maintenance and ongoing management of integrated fire safety systems in buildings. [Read More]

MY SPACE Housing Solutions Ltd – the housing company set up to meet the housing needs of vulnerable adults – has been ordered to pay over £100,000 after pleading guilty to fire safety breaches. [Read More]

TEAL PRODUCTS has launched the BG2-PRO: a tamper-proof Call Point specifically developed to prevent the misuse of installed smoke control equipment. [Read More]

THERE’S A persistent assumption held by some commentators in the construction sector that a construction product’s individual fire classification will determine how safe a building is going to be. It doesn’t, asserts Simon Storer. New and independent testing conducted on flat roofs beneath rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems shows exactly why. [Read More]

THE INSTITUTE of Fire Safety Managers (IFSM) celebrated outstanding achievements across the fire safety industry at the prestigious IFSM Awards 2026, held on 1 October at Emirates Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester (the home of Lancashire County Cricket Club). [Read More]

ADVANCED HAS launched Smart Walk Test as a new feature within AdvancedLive (the smart management platform available on MxPro 5 Gen-2 fire panels). Designed to support the testing and record-keeping requirements highlighted in the latest revision of BS 5839-1, Smart Walk Test simplifies routine fire system testing for end users and helps organisations to demonstrate that testing has taken place. [Read More]