RESIDENTS WILL be protected through the establishment of a national regulator which will ensure the materials used to build homes will be made safer, the housing secretary Robert Jenrick has announced. [Read More]

FIRE AND Rescue Services across the nation have been praised for their response to COVID-19 in a national report published by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS). Personnel have demonstrated how they’re ready, willing and able to step up and support the battle against the Coronavirus outbreak with local communities at the very heart of their work. [Read More]

ALL HIGH-rise buildings in the social sector and student buildings are now fully remediated or have work underway to remove unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding. That’s according to the latest set of statistics issued by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). [Read More]

THE MEMBERSHIP Application Assessment Panel of the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) has determined that the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) credential will now be recognised as a major component for IFE membership. [Read More]

THE FIRESTOPPERS service, which has been in use since 2019 with three Fire and Rescue Services in the North East of England, is being launched in Northamptonshire such that people can report any information they have about deliberate fires on an anonymous basis. [Read More]

STATIC SYSTEMS Group – the developer of life-critical alarm and communication solutions – has been acquired by Halma plc, the FTSE 100 global group of life-saving technology companies. [Read More]

The Fire Safety Bill had its third reading – offering a chance for members in the House of Lords to make sure the eventual law is effective, workable and without loopholes – on Tuesday 24 November. Just nine days later, Fire Safety Matters ran a webinar in conjunction with Blackhurst Budd Solicitors to unravel the detail underpinning this planned new legislation. Brian Sims reports [Read More]

PARTIZAN SECURITY, the CCTV and access control solutions manufacturer founded back in 2008 and based in the Czech Republic, has continued its recent expansion into the UK security market by forming a new strategic partnership with monitoring service provider Fenix Monitoring. [Read More]