Despite stringent legislation, many businesses are still flouting the law and risking prosecution by failing to follow basic fire-safety procedures and have fire safety equipment in place, according to workplace equipment provider, Slingsby.

Draeger says its Flame 5000 colour imaging-based CCTV Flame Detector has been certified as SIL 2-capable (the international standard for electrical and electronic safety-related systems, also known as BS EN 61508).

Draeger has announced that the London Fire Brigade has placed with it a substantial order, encompassing PSS 7000 breathing apparatus sets, together with FPS 7000 face masks, PSS Bodyguard 7000 electronic monitoring systems, and PSS Merlin Telemetry boards. Believed to be unique, the order also includes newly developed 8-litre, 300-bar cylinders, which are said to provide half an hour working duration at 50 litres/minute breathing rate.

The deluxe Caja Mágica tennis complex in Madrid is using around 50 assorted Fireray 50R and Fireray 100R beam-type smoke detectors to help protect the large indoor spaces created by the three main, fully coverable stadiums.

IHS Inc, a global source of business information and insight, and the Fire Protection Association (FPA), have announced a new collaboration to incorporate fire safety, fire prevention, and fire protection content from FPA into the IHS Occupational Health and Safety Information Service (OHSIS).

Last year, Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service became the first in the country to choose the latest technology from DuPont and Hainsworth. Manufactured by Bristol Uniforms the new fire-fighting kit is made from TITAN® fabric that incorporates the DuPont™ fibres NOMEX® and KEVLAR®.

The Fire Protection Association, the UK’s national fire-safety organisation, has produced a training information pack (TIP) that it says will give employees an overview of workplace fire safety and evacuation procedures.

More than 40 Fireray reflective-beam smoke detectors were recently installed in warehouses around Croatia by local installer, Produktronika d.o.o.