The Fire Industry Association (FIA) has published a best-practice guide to fire safety in commercial premises.

Too few businesses have put in place disaster plans and those that have are not testing them properly. That was the blunt message that invited attendees to Cardinus Risk Management’s Health and Safety Forum, recently heard.

The British Red Cross has published a multilingual phrasebook to help emergency responders communicate with individuals who don’t speak English as a first language.

New research is to be carried out, which could help event organisers contain potential mass emergencies and manage crowds more effectively.

Engineers at Sheffield Hallam University have been working with firefighters from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue to design firefighting robots.

The Government has issued two new Fire and Rescue Service operational guidance documents – the first of 40 such documents to be produced following the most comprehensive review of such guidance for the Service in ten years.

Sembcorp UK’s Protection Group has joined up with the Great Northern Air Ambulance to identify safe landing zones at high-hazard industrial sites throughout the north east of England.