THE FIRE Sector Federation has published its new Industry Benchmark Standard for Fire Risk Assessors in order to provide practical guidance for those risk assessors who want to understand the application of fire risk assessment across a range of building types. The overriding aim is to support the delivery of comparable standards right across the sector.

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ALEX CARMICHAEL, CEO of the Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Board (SSAIB) – the specialist UK fire and security certification body – has announced his retirement, which will take place at the end of March 2023.

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MICHAEL GOVE – Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – has secured the signatures of the country’s biggest housebuilders on the developer remediation contract, which is being heralded as “a major step” towards ending the building safety scandal.

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REGISTRATION IS now open for Fire Safety Matters Live 2023, which is a new one-day conference organised and run by Fire Safety Matters magazine and which takes place at the Coventry Building Society Arena on 15 June.

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THE LONDON Fire Brigade is supporting proposals by the Government to make it mandatory for new residential buildings above 30 metres in height to have a minimum of two staircases in order to further improve building safety.

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THE GOVERNMENT has announced that, over the next three years, more than £42 million is being set aside to support the delivery of tough new standards for managing safety aspects in higher-risk buildings brought in by the landmark Building Safety Act 2022.

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PROPERTY LICENCE holder Zivile Aksinaviciene has been fined a total of £25,800 by West Northamptonshire Council after “serious safety issues” were discovered at a shared house on Lutterworth Road in Northampton.

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LEADING ENVIRONMENTAL health experts have called for a “comprehensive review” of the UK’s fire safety regulations, with a keen focus on the environmental and health risks presented by current chemical flame retardants. Indeed, the health dangers of substances meant to improve fire safety have prompted experts to demand a range of new measures to reduce risk.

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JONATHAN O’NEILL OBE, the managing director of the Fire Protection Association (FPA), has passed away following a long battle with illness.

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ELECTRICAL SAFETY and compliance expert Bureau Veritas has issued a timely reminder of the potential volatility and instability of Lithium-ion battery systems, which are found in most of today’s e-bikes and electric vehicles. The company is now calling for tighter regulation by Government of the energy-dense and toxic chemical-containing devices themselves and their manufacturers.

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