EPISODE 43 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast features a duo of exclusive interviews with our guests Warren Spencer (managing director of Blackhurst Budd Solicitors), Hochiki Europe's Martin Green and EA-RS Fire Engineering's Kevin Pullen.

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THE BRITISH Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association (BAFSA) has been made aware that third party certification body FIRAS has taken the decision to withdraw specific FIRAS active certification schemes.

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TRAQUAIR HOUSE’S history is deeply rooted in that of Scotland and England, having been built less than 50 years after William the Conqueror established the Kingdom of England in 1066 AD. Hyfire was recently afforded the honour of safeguarding this historic building by installing Taurus devices at the 900-year-old heritage site.

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THE FIRE Safety Summit Gibraltar will take place on 15 May from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm at the Sunborn Gibraltar Hotel. Organised by the Fire Industry Association (FIA), this essential event brings together industry professionals for a day of keynote presentations, panel discussions and an exhibition, all focused squarely on enhancing competency and Best Practice in fire safety.

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SWINDON BOROUGH Council’s housing tenants are set to benefit from enhanced safety through a programme of works orchestrated to replace existing fire and carbon monoxide alarms with upgraded Aico devices.

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COMPANY DIRECTOR Ms Yuting Zhuo has been prosecuted after pleading guilty to significantly breaching the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 during a sentencing process heard at Crawley Magistrates’ Court.

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FIRE STOPPING specialist FSi Promat has successfully reduced carbon emissions in a key part of its manufacturing process by 52.5% as a direct result of switching to a demand-responsive system.

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GLOBAL HSE Group has announced that, following a rigorous external quality assurance audit conducted by the awarding body of the Built Environment (ABBE), its Global Academy division has been awarded Direct Claims Status for several of its qualifications. This development underscores the Global Academy’s ongoing commitment to delivering high-quality training and assessment standards.

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ON 28 MARCH from 10.00 am until noon, Fire Safety Matters is running a further webinar with Warren Spencer, the managing director of Blackhurst Budd Solicitors and an expert on fire safety law, most notably so when it comes to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

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DETECTORTESTERS GROUP, itself a portfolio company of Inflexion Private Equity, has announced the acquisition of Global Vision Inc (GVI), the fire company specialising in the provision of fire pump test meters.

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VOX IGNIS, the manufacturer of audio-based fire safety and general safety communication systems, will launch the AssistCallPro safety alarm system at The Fire Safety Event 2025, the Nineteen Group-organised exhibition running at the NEC in Birmingham from 8-10 April.

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GIVEN THAT practitioner competency is now very much under the spotlight, it’s vitally important that all construction sector professionals are able to enjoy easy access to high-quality educational opportunities. With this in mind, the Siderise Academy has launched an online learning platform designed to help the industry build its understanding of passive fire protection and acoustics in the built environment.

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FIREANGEL WILL be showcasing its latest fire and carbon monoxide (CO) safety solutions at The Fire Safety Event 2025, which runs at the NEC in Birmingham from 8-10 April.

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IN ITS full response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Panel’s Phase 2 final report, the Government has accepted the findings within and sets out detailed plans to act on all 58 recommendations made by Inquiry Panel chair Sir Martin Moore-Bick and his colleagues Thouria Istephan and Ali Akbor OBE.

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WITH THE Government having published its full response to the final Phase 2 report issued by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Panel, which itself was delivered in September last year and lists 58 recommendations, representatives from numerous parties – among them industry bodies and consultancies – have now aired their views on the Labour Party’s pronouncements.

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EPISODE 42 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast features a duo of exclusive interviews with our guests Warren Spencer (managing director of Blackhurst Budd Solicitors) and Lee Nichols (technical director at Siderise).

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THE NATIONAL Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has stated that a centrally co-ordinated programme is “urgently needed” in order to address barriers to remediating unsafe buildings.

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ASHWIN NEPAL, former company director of Revive Health Care Ltd, has been sentenced for breaching several fire safety regulations at St Martin’s Care Home on St Martin’s Road, the facility in Bilborough (a suburb of the city of Nottingham) operated by the business. Nepal pleaded guilty to multiple offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

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LEADING INSURER Consort Insurance has stepped up to become the first insurance company to join the dedicated cohort of Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI) Demand-Side Supporters.

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THE FIRE Sector Federation has now become a registered UK charity and, going forward, will be known as the Fire Sector Confederation. Originally formed in 2011 as the Fire Sector Partnership, the Fire Sector Federation was established in June 2012 following a merger with the Federation of British Fire Organisations.

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