THE ASSOCIATION for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) is launching an all-new technical Task Group (ie TG14) in support of passive fire protection’s specific and important relationship with the external building envelope. [Read More]

THE FIRE Industry Association’s (FIA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual Lunch 2025, held at The Brewery in central London on 6 November, united professionals from across the sector for a day of updates, collaboration, recognition and networking. [Read More]

FIRE PROTECTION solutions manufacturer Advanced has supplied its MxPro 5 intelligent fire panels in order to replace the existing panels as part of a £3.5 million fire safety improvement project initiated for Cloud Student Homes’ Canterbury Student Village sites. [Read More]

PROFESSOR JUSTIN Johnston QFM has joined the Board of Trustees at not-for-profit Fire and Rescue sector-focused qualifications specialist SFJ Awards. Professor Johnston joins the organisation following a stellar career at the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service. He has also served as vice-chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council. [Read More]

NEW GUIDANCE issued by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has already been widely acclaimed for addressing a source of growing confusion in the new building safety regime: the approach taken towards assessing the competence of principal contractors (one of the key professions charged with delivering the requirements of the Building Safety Act 2022). [Read More]

ANDREW FOSTER, managing director of fire alarm and evacuation alert systems developer C-TEC, has been elected to the Fire Industry Association’s (FIA) Board of Directors and reappointed to its Fire Detection and Alarm Council. [Read More]

THE FIRE Industry Association (FIA) has issued its 65-page Annual Report for 2025 in which the organisation marks 12 months of “pivotal progress” when it comes to advancing fire safety and professionalism across the industry. [Read More]

SPRINKLER SYSTEMS will become a mandatory requirement for traditional buildings that are newly converted into hotels in Scotland if changes to the law are passed. The news follows recommendations from the Fatal Accident Inquiry into the Cameron House Hotel fire that occurred back in December 2017, which caused the deaths of Simon Midgley and Richard Dyson. [Read More]