Life Safety

Serco has been awarded an eight-year contract to deliver aviation fire rescue and paramedical services at Red Sea International Airport in Saudi Arabia.

Iain Cox, Chair of the Business Sprinkler Alliance, looks at the lessons to be learnt from a recent car park blaze at London Luton Airport.

Working fire doors are a requirement of fire safety but what differentiates them from regular doors? Kirk Smith, national account manager at Allegion UK, considers the technical requirements for fire rating.

Chesterford Research Park, a hi-tech campus on the outskirts of Saffron Walden near Cambridge, has installed six innovative remote fire alarm management units on fire alarm systems across the site with a further seven scheduled for deployment in coming weeks.

The Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA) has promoted awareness of sprinklers at the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) Built Environment Conference Series in Ireland.

ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland is raising awareness of recent changes made to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) to improve fire safety in buildings, triggered by Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022.

Karen Trigg, business development manager for Allegion in the South East of England, comments on what new fire safety regulations mean for 'responsible persons'.

As the UK begins Fire Door Safety Week (FDSW), Warringtonfire and sister company BM TRADA urge 'Responsible Persons' to refresh their knowledge following recent changes to fire safety legislation.

Johnson Controls has added long-distance connectivity between buildings and improved visual alarm safety to its ES Net Life Safety Network.

In the run up to Fire Door Safety Week in the UK from 25th to 29th September, International Timber is stressing the importance of correctly specifying fire retardant wood and panel products backed by independent certification.

The Wates Group will deliver a Major Works programme across Brent Council's social housing portfolio under a new 35 million contract.

Sue Corrick, EMEA Product Manager at Allegion UK, explains how 'responsible persons' can take advantage of the summer break - and overcome budgetary constraints - to extend the service life of fire doors in school buildings.

The Port of Dover has expanded a fire safety framework agreement with DMA Group to include repairs and improvements across its estate of 65 buildings.

FireMate which operates in the UK, Australia and other key international markets has rebranded and spun-off its fire safety solutions into new company, Nimbus Digital Solutions Ltd.

Wirless fire systems manufacturer Hyfire Italy (previously Argus Italy) has moved to a modern facility at via Achille Grandi 8 in Cernusco sul Naviglio, Milan.

Iain Cox, Chair of the Business Sprinkler Alliance, discusses a massive fire that engulfed an unsprinklered warehouse in Burgess Hill in West Sussex, resulting in the complete destruction of the facility.

The Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA) supported the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) Built Environment Conference Series in Cardiff and Salford in June by raising awareness of the importance of sprinkler systems in buildings.

Iain Cox, Chair of Business Sprinkler Alliance, comments on a massive fire which destroyed a commercial building operated by digital consultancy Paragon in South Wigston, Leicestershire, and will result in staff being redeployed at other locations in the wider group.

One of London's best-preserved Victorian theatres, the Harold Pinter on Panton Street in Westminster, has received a fire system upgrade which uses the latest wireless technology.

Abloy UK has launched a new RIBA-approved CPD course, explaining the requirements of EN 13637:2015 for electrically controlled exit systems for use on escape doors and how to achieve safe electrically controlled escape doors.