THE FIRE Protection Association (FPA) has submitted responses to three recent Government consultations covering several key fire safety-related topics: fire risk assessors, training and domestic upholstered furniture.

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CELEBRATED WORLDWIDE for its starring role serving Piz Gloria, Blofeld’s mountaintop lair in the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, the Stechelberg–Mürren–Birg-Schilthorn cable car line has recently undergone an £84 million redevelopment underpinned by fire protection from Kentec.

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THE INSTITUTION of Fire Engineers (IFE) is seeking to make its members – and, indeed, other professionals operating in the fire safety sector – fully aware of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) call for evidence that will assist in shaping the built environment strategy.

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THE UNIVERSITY of West London is benefiting from enhanced fire safety visibility and streamlined system management thanks to the integration of the AdvancedLive solution across multiple campuses.

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TWO MANAGERS of a property in Windsor have been fined and received suspended prison sentences following a successful prosecution brought forward by the Royal Berkshire Fire Authority.

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TWO DECADES ago, writes Tom Roche, a piece of regulatory guidance quietly set a ceiling – quite literally – on what a warehouse could be without sprinklers. That 18-metre height limit in Approved Document B was, at the time, an outer boundary to signal a building that was going taller than perhaps the norm. Now, warehouses look very different. Has our thinking about protecting them from fire kept pace?

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ORGANISER WESTERN Business Media has announced that the nominated charity partner for the 2026 edition of the Fire & Security Matters Awards – to be held at the Coventry Building Society Arena on 2 July – is The Joey Beauchamp Foundation.

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QUELFIRE, THE manufacturer and supplier of fire stopping solutions for service penetrations, has published guidance entitled Golden Principles for Designing Builder’s Work in Connection (BWIC) in order to support architects, designers, contractors and other industry professionals when considering fire stopping spacing requirements during the early stages of design.

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THE PASSIVE Fire Knowledge Group (PFKG) – the not-for-profit collaboration comprising contractors, consultants and Trade Associations – has just published three new Knowledge Shares specifically designed to address widespread misunderstanding when it comes to the specification of passive fire protection systems across the built environment.

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PASSIVE FIRE protection specialist Promat has launched a new service enclosure system with a fire performance of up to 120 minutes tested both inside and outside of the enclosure. Promatect-LS can also provide protection to critical cabling within the enclosure to ensure continuous operation during a fire episode.

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THE INSTITUTION of Fire Engineers’ (IFE) 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and the accompanying Rasbash Lecture will take place on the afternoon of 30 July. The AGM brings members together to reflect on the past year, review progress achieved against strategic priorities and then shape the future direction of the organisation.

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BRITANNIA FIRE continues to strengthen its P50 composite fire extinguisher range with the introduction of Monnex, a specialist high-performance dry powder for high-risk industrial settings.

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HAVING DILIGENTLY served the Fire Industry Association (FIA) in the role of CEO for just shy of eleven years, Ian Moore OBE has taken the decision to step down with immediate effect due to a further and unfortunate bout of illness.

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THE BUILDING Safety Regulator’s latest Building Control Gateway 2 update details an increase in approval rates across all categories of applications, including existing building safety projects. The news follows the introduction of an External Remediation Improvement Plan back in April.

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THE BRITISH Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association (BAFSA) has introduced a new online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme aimed at improving practitioners’ understanding of automatic fire sprinkler systems in the social housing domain.

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FOLLOWING ON from a successful relocation to the organisation’s long-established testing laboratory in Gloucestershire, the Fire Protection Association’s (FPA) dedicated testing rigs for cladding have now received reaccreditation from UKAS.

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THE EUROPEAN fire safety industry is at a turning point. Digitalisation, remote connectivity and cyber security are converging to redefine how buildings are protected and maintained. With that in mind, Euralarm’s new White Paper on Fire Safety in a Connected World covers integrating detection, remote services and cyber security.

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ONE YEAR on from the introduction of the disposable vape ban, millions of vapes are still entering household waste and recycling streams at alarming rates, raising ongoing concerns over the fire risk posed by lithium-ion batteries.

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THE GOVERNMENT has published several updates focused around the development of a “more consistent and accountable” building safety system, in doing so acting on the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.

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THE LONDON Fire Brigade (LFB) and Uber Eats have launched a new educational partnership designed to prioritise battery safety and fire prevention for delivery couriers. The collaboration centres on the LFB’s established #ChargeSafe campaign and aims to provide couriers with expert-led guidance on the safe use and charging of lithium-ion batteries.

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