THE ROYAL Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has launched a new tool for its members to record and share fire safety information. The RIBA Fire Safety Compliance Tracker records how a project has been designed and developed in accordance with Part B (Fire Safety) of the Building Regulations. [Read More]

THE FIRE Industry Association has scripted an Information Note for member companies (and the sector at large) about the recently announced Building Safety Bill, focusing in particular on key areas such as the Building Safety Regulator, the ‘Appointed Person’ and the three ‘Gateways’. [Read More]

WESTERN BUSINESS Media has announced the launch of the Protection and Asset Management Series of live one-day digital conferences which includes an entire day of presentations specifically dedicated to the readers of Fire Safety Matters and their specialist sphere of interest and influence. [Read More]

THE ROYAL Berkshire Fire Authority has brought a successful prosecution against the owner of a restaurant in Maidenhead which resulted in an £85,000 fine. The prosecution follows on from a number of serious fire safety breaches under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. [Read More]

UK FINANCE has announced that seven mortgage lenders will cover the cost of making existing EWS-1 Forms publicly available through the Fire Industry Association’s (FIA) Building Safety Information Portal. [Read More]

THE ASSOCIATION for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has refreshed its branding to promote a cleaner and more simple design and also improve readability and consistency, as well as realising a more modern and versatile logo for the organisation. [Read More]

WIRELESS FIRE safety systems developer Hyfire is in the process of “revolutionising” the fire industry thanks to the introduction of Taurus, a range of high-performance wireless detection, control and alarm devices based on a new protocol that offers “unprecedented” capabilities, quality and reliability. [Read More]

RISKING THE lives of occupants at a Southampton residential block has seen company director Charles Morgan fined and on the receiving end of a suspended prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to providing a fire risk assessment that was neither suitable nor sufficient. [Read More]