THE BRITISH Standards Institution (BSI) has issued BS 5266-1:2025 (an updated version of the Code of Practice for the Emergency Lighting of Premises). The document sets out recommendations and guidance on the design, installation and wiring of emergency lighting systems to ensure safety in the event of a failure of the normal lighting supply.

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BIRMINGHAM CITY Council has successfully prosecuted Freehold Managers (Nominees) Limited for failing to comply with an Improvement Notice relating to fire safety measures.

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HOME LIFE safety systems manufacturer Aico is set to run the next edition of its popular biennial Community Awards at The International Convention Centre in Birmingham on 16 April 2026. The event celebrates excellence and inspirational achievements from across the UK’s housing industry, duly honouring those practitioners who are making a real and genuine difference in their communities.

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THE BUILDING Engineering Services Association (BESA) has praised the new team running the Building Safety Regulator for “making rapid progress” on improving the planning process, but in parallel has called for a renewed focus on remediation projects.

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FIREFIGHTERS ARE renewing their efforts to warn Londoners about the dangers of e-bikes, e-scooters and lithium-ion batteries following three severe fires in three separate parts of the capital in one week.

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APOLLO FIRE Detectors was the proud recipient of the Inclusive Company Award at this year’s Women in Fire Safety Awards. Recently purchased by Western Business Media to reside within the publisher’s Fire Safety Matters portfolio, the Women in Fire Safety Awards are purpose-designed to celebrate the significant and positive impact realised by females in the fire industry on a continual basis.

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THE BUILDING Safety Regulator has released a Building Control Gateway 2 update to 1 October, duly demonstrating “initial positive impacts” on application processes for new high-rise residential buildings. The Building Safety Regulator is currently progressing 152 live new build applications, representing 33,670 housing units across England.

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LIFE SAFETY solutions developer Kentec Electronics has appointed Gaurav Arora in the role of general manager for product management and technical support in order to strengthen service, support and training.

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NINETEEN GROUP, organiser of the highly successful Safety and Security Event Series in the UK, has announced the launch of The Security Event Australia (TSEAU), The Fire Safety Event Australia (FSEAU) and Pro Integration Future Australia (PIFAU), a brand new event series debuting in Melbourne in November 2026 alongside Melbourne Build and Installer Melbourne.

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QUELFIRE – THE manufacturer of firestopping solutions for service penetrations in buildings – is returning to London Build Expo when the 2025 iteration of the construction sector’s largest trade show runs on 19-20 November at Olympia.

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MAX LAKKONEN, president of the International Water Mist Association, has announced that the 25th International Water Mist Conference will take place in Prague in the Czech Republic on 7-8 October 2026. The conference will be held at The Grand Hotel International.

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BAFE HOLDINGS has announced the appointment of Lewis Ramsay in the role of Group chief operating officer effective from 3 November. Ramsay joins the BAFE Group with over 30 years’ experience in operations and strategic leadership gained by operating across the fire safety sector.

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FIRE CHIEFS have warned that the remediation of buildings is being hindered by “deep-rooted flaws” in the building safety system. Ahead of the anticipated Remediation Bill, the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has observed that relying on Fire and Rescue Services to enforce a broken regime isn’t sustainable.

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WESTERN BUSINESS Media has purchased the Women in Fire Safety Awards as the company continues to grow its Fire Safety Matters portfolio.

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GLOBAL HSE Group has successfully achieved UKCA certification for its FD30s range of PAS 24 composite fire doors, which is manufactured to the highest fire safety standards at its Nottingham headquarters. The company has confirmed full compliance with UK legislation and performance standards.

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EPISODE 46 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast features exclusive interviews with our special guests Derrick Hall (director of sales and marketing) and Kevin Mears (head of product management) from Kentec Electronics and Spike Armstrong (business development manager at Thermocable).

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PASSIVE FIRE protection solutions developer Siderise is the first business in the UK to use international freight forwarder FSEW’s premium Greenflow service, allowing the company to decarbonise the road and sea export route between its main passive fire protection manufacturing facility in Maesteg, Wales and Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, thereby marking a major step in reducing the carbon footprint of its international freight operations.

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HOCHIKI EUROPE has collated the results of its 2025 Customer Survey, with respondents reporting consistently high satisfaction in the areas that matter most to specifiers, installers and facilities teams.

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WESTERN BUSINESS Media Ltd – the publisher of Fire Safety Matters and its sister titles focused on the security business sector, namely Security Matters, Professional Security Installer, Benchmark and Risk Xtra – has announced that the entry process is now open for the Fire and Security Matters Awards 2026, for which the Headline Sponsor is BAFE.

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THE FIRE Protection Association (FPA) is moving from the Fire Service College at Moreton-in-Marsh – where the organisation has been resident for over 20 years – to Pembroke House near Banbury in Oxfordshire.

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