THE DEPARTMENT for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has unveiled the detail underpinning the all-new EWS-1 professional indemnity (PI) insurance scheme orchestrated to assist qualified professionals in gaining the degree of cover they need in order to conduct external wall assessments. [Read More]

AIRPORT FIRE Officers Association (AFOA) members gathered at the NEC in Birmingham to attend the organisation’s 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM), which was held as an informal working lunch on the first day of The Emergency Services Show. [Read More]

TECHNOLOGY COMPANY Siemens has named Videcon as its new strategic partner for the Cerberus FIT range of fire detection and alarm products. As a result, Videcon becomes Siemens’ first-ever distribution partner for fire safety products in the UK and Ireland. [Read More]

HEALTH AND SAFETY training provider CE Safety has looked into the increasing issue of lithium battery fires. A Freedom of Information request was submitted to Fire and Rescue Services and, of the 39 harbouring such data, every one of them had experienced a fire caused by an electric vehicle battery. [Read More]

THE FINANCIAL Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out a range of recommendations and other potential remedies designed to give leaseholders greater protections from high prices and ensure the buildings insurance market operates on a better footing for them. [Read More]

HONEYWELL HAS launched a ‘first-of-its-kind’ solution that combines early warning smoke detection with advanced indoor air quality (IAQ) monitoring, in turn furthering the company’s ongoing efforts to create safer and healthier buildings. [Read More]

A GUEST house owner has been given a suspended prison sentence for fire safety failings after two people were forced to jump from a window to escape a fire at her property. [Read More]

TWO CAMPAIGNERS have won permission from the High Court to challenge the Government’s refusal to ensure that all disabled people can safely evacuate from high-rise blocks of flats in emergencies. [Read More]