Features are carefully selected from across the website and magazine, these articles are contributed by a wide range of authors from across the sectors covered by Fire & Security Matters, as well as the editorial team. Addressing the latest topics in terms of technological developments, legislation and industry issues
THE IMAGE that has resonated this week, writes Tom Roche, isn’t smoke pouring from a burning warehouse or the skeletal remains of a logistics hub in the wake of a major fire. Instead, it’s a photograph of a brand new multi-storey industrial building that looks, at first glance, to be the kind of flexible and high-value workspace our planning system actively promotes.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S Day 2026, which is observed on 8 March, is a moment to recognise and celebrate the achievements of women, while reflecting on the progress still to be made. In the fire and life safety domain, writes the Fire Industry Association (FIA), that reflection carries particular significance.
THE FIRE industry here in the UK has always defined itself by responsibility, writes Simon Lyons. Responsibility to protect life. Responsibility to safeguard property. Responsibility to uphold compliance. Today, that responsibility has expanded and, as such, leadership must expand with it.
THE FIRE Sector Confederation stands at a pivotal moment in its evolution, writes Steve McGuirk. What began as a necessary reorganisation has blossomed into something even more significant: the emergence of a convenor for fire safety collaboration and co-ordination in the UK.
AS HOTELS across the UK now welcome record numbers of guests, one threat continues to grow quietly in the background, writes Hyfire. That threat is the fire risk posed in what are now increasingly complex buildings.
