THE ANNUAL Fire Industry Association (FIA) Guide to the UK Fire Safety Industry, which is published by Fire Safety Matters magazine, has won a major award at the Professional Publishers Association’s Independent Publisher Awards 2022. We are delighted to reveal that the FIA Guide has won the Commercial Partnership of the Year Award.

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ZURICH UK is calling for compulsory sprinkler installations in warehouses as retailers hit their busiest time of the year. According to research and analysis conducted by the insurer, the number of warehouse and bulk storage fires has soared by a quarter (ie 26%) over 2021-2022.

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THE LONDON Fire Brigade (LFB) has published the outcome report of an Independent Culture Review led by Nazir Afzal OBE, which was commissioned last year by the Commissioner with the support of Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London. Afzal and his team heard the experiences of over 2,000 current and former staff and members of the public, including members of the Grenfell Tower community in North Kensington.

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THE ASSOCIATION for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has announced the winners of its 2022 Passive Fire Protection Awards. The awards ceremony took place on Friday 25 November at the Park Regis Hotel in Birmingham.

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LEASEHOLDER ABDUL Miah has been ordered to pay the sum of £3,021 for failing to respond to information requests made by the South Wales Fire and Rescue Authority relating to breaches of fire safety at the Misbah Tandoori Restaurant on Priory Street in Monmouth.

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LAST YEAR, Euralarm’s Task Group on Domestic Life Safety was reactivated and began its work on examining the important issue of fire safety in the domestic environment. During the recent European Fire Safety Week, which focused on citizen safety at the heart of the energy transition, Task Group chair Thorsten Teichert spoke about the progress that has been made.

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THE BUILDING Engineering Services Association (BESA) believes the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, which closed only recently, served as a “timely reminder” of the overriding need to focus on “technical and professional competence”.

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ENTRIES ARE now open for the Fire and Security Matters Awards 2023 organised by Fire Safety Matters and Security Matters – both of which are published by Western Business Media – in conjunction with the Fire Industry Association (FIA).

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THE ASSOCIATION for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has updated its general online Introduction to Passive Fire Protection course, which provides a basic overview of passive fire protection and its role in the overall fire strategy of a building.

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WARRINGTON BOROUGH Council has brought a successful prosecution against Yousaf Younas of Cartier Close in Warrington, who had not complied with a legal Health and Safety notice on a property he owned in the town.

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