THE FIRE Industry Association and Rathbone Results have announced the forthcoming launch of a new Management Development Programme created for – and in conjunction with – business owners, leaders and managers in the fire safety sector. To be introduced on 26 October, the five-day online Management Development Programme aims to equip fire and security managers with the skills necessary to attain higher performance levels. [Read More]

IN THE year after the Building Safety Act became law, awareness of the benefits of fire door third party certification is growing, but the proportion of certified fire doors in use has dropped slightly. That’s one of the key findings exposed by new research conducted for the British Woodworking Federation’s Fire Door Alliance. [Read More]

THE ASSOCIATION for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP), the UK’s specialist Trade Association for the passive fire protection sector, will be exhibiting on Stand T600 at UK Construction Week 2023, which runs at the NEC in Birmingham from 3-5 October. [Read More]

JACTONE PRODUCTS is partnering with Timilon to become the UK distributor of the latter’s FAST-ACT, a US-manufactured, military-grade system that immediately decontaminates, contains and neutralises chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals and toxic industrial materials safely and in a single response tool. [Read More]

SAMUEL HUNTER, aged 31 of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire and his mother Jacinta Hunter, aged 59 (also of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire) have been given a 24-month custodial sentence and a 12-month sentence respectively, suspended for two years, in the wake of waste-related offences at a site in Queens Mill Road, Huddersfield. Samuel Hunter must also undertake 300 hours of unpaid work, the maximum number of hours that any court can order, while Jacinta Hunter must undertake 80 hours of unpaid work. [Read More]

NIMBUS – THE fire safety management technology specialist – has secured a landmark deal with NorthPoint Fire and Security for the installation of its fire system management and monitoring units in 11 schools across Barnsley. The project is set to enhance the safety of thousands of students and staff, while ensuring full compliance with fire system testing, monitoring and maintenance. [Read More]

MAYOR OF London Sadiq Khan has demanded “urgent action” from Housing Secretary Michael Gove as new figures show that the Government is “holding up the delivery of new homes in London” by leaving housebuilders “in the dark” about impending new fire safety requirements. [Read More]

JACTONE HAS announced the launch of its new range of lithium battery fire extinguishers incorporating FIREBLOCK LITHIUM, which is described as a “revolutionary gel material” offering “unique performance” when it comes to tackling lithium battery fires. [Read More]