Fire Safety

Smoke is different to fire says Conor Logan, Colt’s Technical Director, which is why a properly maintained smoke control system is vital to help protect people, businesses and buildings Smoke control systems are designed to protect escape routes for occupants ...

A host of fire and life safety solutions from Advanced have been installed to protect 26,000 sq. metres of grade A office space in Mohammed Bin Rashid City, Dubai. EN 54-approved Axis EN fire panels with integrated voice evacuation and ...

Andrew Shankland, Managing Director, Linear Building Compliance In recent years, fire safety has taken centre stage in the construction industry for all the wrong reasons. Following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, and the subsequent Hackett Review, the focus ...

New research by fire safety specialist, JLA, has revealed  UK businesses are placing employee and customer safety at risk through a failure to test their fire equipment to meet legal requirements According to the nationally representative survey of 250 business owners, ...

Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove has issued a warning to developers that they must pay to fix the cladding crisis that they caused as he overhauls the government’s approach to building safety. Gove has ...

A QuickZone conventional fire alarm system from UK manufacturer, Advanced, has been installed at BlocHaus Climbing, Manchester’s newest bouldering wall. Newly opened, BlocHaus Climbing boasts an array of facilities at its East Manchester site, including 130 climbable boulders, routing roof ...

Drax (UK) Ltd (Trading as Drax 360) is delighted to announce the appointment of Glenn Grant as Director and General Manager. Well known throughout the fire alarm and detection industry, Glenn will head up the Drax 360 division, bringing with ...

Conor Logan, Technical Director at Colt explains why maintaining your smoke vents properly is so important Smoke vents are a crucial part of a building’s fire safety system and work in conjunction with other mechanisms such as smoke curtains and ...

Following the Grenfell Tower incident resulting in the tragic loss of life in 2017, and other events in residential towers, it has become clear that a method of informing residents of a situation is urgently needed. Baldwin Boxall has addressed ...

Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) has acquired passive fire protection business, Neo Property Solutions Limited. Based in Leeds, Neo Property Solutions delivers the survey, design, installation, testing and certification of fire-rated composite and timber doors, fire door maintenance, fire-rated ...