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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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).

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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.

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WALPOLE HOUSE Limited (the operator of the Walpole House guest house on Bristol Road near Bridgwater in Somerset) was sentenced at Taunton Magistrates’ Court on 19 October after pleading guilty to seven offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The company was subsequently fined £52,000 and ordered to pay a £2,000 surcharge in addition to prosecution costs of £9,801.90.

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IN PARTNERSHIP with SKILLcard (itself part of the BESA Group), the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association (BAFSA) has announced a new mandatory refresher training requirement for fire sprinkler installers to support the drive towards ongoing competence in the fire safety industry.

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EURALARM HAS announced the programme for the European Fire Detection Forum 2026, which is purpose-designed to bring together experts from industry, research, standardisation and regulation in order to explore the future of fire detection. The Forum will take place on 2 December at Koelnmesse in Cologne as part of VdS-Fire Safety Cologne.

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FIRE SAFETY and security sector-focused marketing specialist Infuse Marketing has raised more than £1,000 for the Children’s Burns Trust through a series of children’s First Aid courses held at the company’s offices in Hampshire.

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THE WINNERS of the Women in Fire Safety Awards 2026 – designed to celebrate the outstanding achievements of exceptional females working across the fire safety industry and recognise those individuals who are driving innovation, leadership and higher standards – have been announced by organiser Western Business Media. The black-tie ceremony took place on the evening of 15 October at the Mercure London Earl’s Court Hotel.

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THE GOVERNMENT has reached a major milestone in its determined mission to fix the building safety crisis with the Building Safety (Remediation of Unsafe Cladding, etc) Bill being introduced to Parliament on 14 October.

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FIRE SAFETY Matters is once again conducting a comprehensive State of the UK Fire Safety Market Survey, the detailed results of which will be analysed and then appear in the Fire Safety Matters Guide to the UK Fire Safety Industry 2026-2027. The latter is due to be published in November.

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FORMER NATIONAL Security Inspectorate (NSI) Fire Schemes lead (and contributor to the development of BS 5839-1) John Davidson has joined the dedicated team at Zzeus Training in a part-time role as the company expands its operation to afford increased access to industry qualifications.

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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 and Benchmark – has announced that the entry process is now open for the Fire and Security Matters Awards 2027. The Headline Sponsor is FireQual.

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NATIONAL FIREWORKS distributor Boom Fireworks Limited and two Greater Manchester shopkeepers have been prosecuted following investigations into suspected breaches of explosives legislation conducted by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.

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SPECIALIST EVACUATION equipment manufacturer Evac+Chair has warned that “cursory” residential fire safety plans could put vulnerable individuals at risk. In its new White Paper ‘Beyond Stay Put’, the company examines in detail the risk of relying solely on the ‘Stay Put’ strategy, which advises residents unaffected by fire or smoke to remain in their flats in the event of a fire.

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MARTIN GREEN, commercial training and support manager at Hochiki Europe, spoke at the recent RISCAuthority London Seminar 2026. Organised by the Fire Protection Association (FPA), the event on 22 September brought together practising insurance and risk management professionals at Chicago Booth’s Conference Centre.

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