Holiday apartments owner fined for serious fire safety breaches
February 7, 2022
Holiday apartments owner, Philip Hunt, has been ordered to pay a £12,800 fine for failing to put in place suitable fire safety measures. Read More
New code of practice for external wall fire risk assessment published
January 31, 2022
A new code of practice for the fire risk appraisal of external walls and cladding of multi-occupancy residential buildings has been published by BSI. Read More
BUPA ordered to pay over £1m for fire safety failings following death of care home resident
January 20, 2022
A care home business, run by private health care provider BUPA, has been fined £1.04m after a resident died in a fire while smoking at one of its care homes. Read More
Property management company fined over £80,000 for fire safety failings
November 29, 2021
A property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large number of people to risk of death or serious injury from fire”. Read More
Landlord receives £50,000 fine for fire safety breaches in converted house
August 17, 2021
A landlord has been handed a suspended prison sentence and a fine of £50,000 for fire safety breaches. Read More
Protecting the most vulnerable from fire risk
April 19, 2021
Nick Rutter, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at FireAngel takes a look at how connected technology can help improve fire safety for disabled people. Read More
Poor lighting leads to fire escape death and £80,000 fine
August 3, 2020
Aberdeen Market has been fined £80,000 after admitting to safety failures, following the death of an 80-year-old man Read More
UK Government continues to review fire safety as it opens consultation into Regulatory Reform Order
July 24, 2020
In partnership with the Draft Building Safety Bill that was published earlier this week, the UK Government is doubling its efforts to review fire safety by launching an open consultation into the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Read More
Fire Safety Bill introduced by the Home Office
March 23, 2020
The Home Office has introduced a new Fire Safety Bill, in an effort to improve fire safety in buildings in England and Wales Read More
Property management firm fined after fire
February 19, 2020
A resident who was unable to access an emergency escape route during a fire was found standing on a windowsill hanging from guttering and had to be rescued by firefighters. Read More
