THE HOUSE of Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee, chaired by Baroness Taylor of Bolton, convened on 9 September to hear from Philip White (chief inspector of buildings) and Chris Griffin-McTiernan (deputy director of operations) on progress at the Building Safety Regulator as part of an ongoing inquiry into the building safety regulation landscape.

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VOICE ALARM and emergency communication systems developer Vox Ignis has appointed Mark Piert as the company’s new sales manager for the northern region of the UK, Northern Ireland and Ireland.

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THE ASSOCIATION for Specialist Fire Protection’s (ASFP) Technical Group 3 – which is focused on two critical elements of passive fire protection, namely firestopping and cavity barriers – recently held a virtual meeting that brought together 25 experts from across the fire protection industry.

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PROTEC FIRE and Security Group, the fire detection and life safety systems manufacturer, has introduced a new product designed to streamline the integration of fire alarm systems with third party building services. The 6000/LP4IO is a compact, fully loop-powered four-way input/output interface that delivers advanced control capabilities, while reducing installation complexity, hardware footprint and commissioning time.

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ANDREW LEDGERTON-Lynch OBE has been appointed in the role of general manager at the Fire Industry Association (FIA) and joins the not-for-profit organisation (and major provider of fire safety training) on 17 September.

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THE INDEPENDENT Fire Engineering and Distributors Association (IFEDA), one of the leading Trade Associations representing businesses and professionals within the UK’s fire protection industry, is actively promoting the benefits to be realised from joining its ranks.

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ZZEUS TRAINING has announced the launch of a new one-day Level 3 qualification that’s concentrated on the Design, Installation and Maintenance of Emergency Lighting Systems. The qualification has been developed in close collaboration with recognised awarding organisation EAL.

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KENT-BASED business Miller Food and Wine Limited has been fined after admitting to serious fire safety failures that endangered members of staff and customers. Located on Lower Stone Street in Maidstone, the company was sentenced at Medway Magistrates’ Court on 3 September following a prosecution brought forward by the Kent Fire and Rescue Service.

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EPISODE 45 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast features exclusive interviews with our special guests Darren Ellis (qualifications manager at FireQual) and Stephen Marsh (head of sales at wireless fire detection and alarm systems developer Cygnus).

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WORKING IN partnership with the Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG FRISSBE), Thermocable has announced the release of a comprehensive new research report that sets a benchmark for fire safety in photovoltaic (PV) installations.

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HOCHIKI EUROPE has partnered with VOLT EHF, a specialist in electrical and fire alarm systems, to install a comprehensive and scalable fire detection system at the Fjarðargata development in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.

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THE BRITISH Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association’s (BAFSA) ongoing commitment to promote Best Practice in the fire safety domain has now resulted in a new Continuing Professional Development (CPD)-accredited online learning programme aimed at owners and occupiers of buildings where a fire sprinkler system is fitted.

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THE LATEST statistics published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on the progress of building remediation work note that, as at the end of July, there are 5,214 residential buildings of 11 metres and over in height that have been identified with unsafe cladding (an increase of 24 since the end of June). This is an estimated 61%-91% of all buildings of 11 metres and over in height expected to be remediated as part of the MHCLG’s programme of work.

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THE GOVERNMENT’S Remediation Acceleration Plan imposes legally binding deadlines to ensure that unsafe cladding on high-rise buildings in England is fully remediated by 2029, thereby intensifying pressure on manufactures to deliver fully compliant façade solutions on a faster, but also safe basis.

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IN ITS role as the agency for UK REACH, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has opened a six-month public consultation to gather stakeholder views on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in firefighting foams.

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C-TEC, THE specialist manufacturer of fire alarm and life safety systems, is unlocking growth potential through digital adoption with the support of Made Smarter (the Government-backed technology and skills adoption programme designed to assist SME manufacturers).

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THE ASSOCIATION for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has announced an important development in its passive fire protection training programme. Following extensive discussions around the recognition of training for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) purposes, all ASFP training courses will now issue Certificates of Attendance that evidence learning hours.

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EVAC+CHAIR, THE manufacturer of evacuation chairs, has “set a new benchmark” when it comes to evacuation planning with the launch of its online product consultant named Evac Xpert.

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THE BRITISH Standards Institution (BSI) has now published BS 8674:2025, the new British Standard that sets out a framework for assessing and assuring the competence of individual fire risk assessors operating in the built environment. The document outlines performance-based criteria that can be used to determine whether an individual is suitably competent to carry out fire risk assessments in a wide range of occupied buildings.

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FFE HAS confirmed worldwide availability of the Fireray Hub Reflective optical beam smoke detector, which is now certified to UL 268 (7th Edition) and EN 54-12. Dual certification provides a single specification choice for global projects requiring long-range smoke detection.

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