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British Standards Institution publishes BS 8674 for fire risk assessors
19 August 2025
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. [Read More]
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FIA signposts formation of all-new Technology Council
18 August 2025
WITH TECHNOLOGY evolving at a rapid pace, both in terms of its scope and potential, the Board of the Fire Industry Association (FIA) has decided to explore the formation of a new group, which is provisionally entitled the Technology Council. It has been over a decade now since the Trade Association last formed a new Council. [Read More]
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