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London fire commissioner to retire next year

25 Jun 2019

DANY COTTON, London’s first female fire commissioner, has announced that she plans to retire in 2020.

HMO landlord’s 12 offences incur £60,000 penalty

25 Jun 2019

HEATHER JACKSON must pay a £55,000 fine, together with £3,000 in costs and victim surcharge, after putting vulnerable tenants at risk.

F&RM at FIREX 2019 Day Three

20 Jun 2019

FIREX 2019’s FPA Infozone seminar programme concluded with presentations on managing built environment fire risks, competence for fire risk assessors and evacuation strategies.

F&RM goes digital

24 Oct 2018

FROM TODAY, Fire & Risk Management Journal is available to FPA members in a new digital format as well as in print.

Firefighters' dispute could ‘cost lives’ in Greater Manchester

20 Jun 2019

CONCERNS HAVE been raised by government inspectors about Greater Manchester fire service’s ability to respond to terrorist attacks, as it no longer has a specialist unit.

F&RM at FIREX 2019 Day Two

19 Jun 2019

OUR SECOND day of talks at the FPA Infozone at FIREX 2019 included presentations on fire risk assessments, the responsible person, competency and sprinkler systems.

£5,000 penalty for landlord’s delayed action

19 Jun 2019

A FINE of £4,000 with more than £1,000 costs has been incurred by a South Yorkshire landlord for ignoring improvement notices and late rectification of fire safety hazards.

Blocked evacuation claims after Exeter Airport false alarm

19 Jun 2019

AN EVACUATION at Exeter Airport early on 17 June has raised concerns, as some passengers claim it led them to 'blocked fire exits and locked fire doors’.

F&RM at FIREX 2019 Day One

18 Jun 2019

THE FIRST day’s presentations at the FPA Infozone saw important talks on fire safety regulations, cladding toxicity, care home fire safety and third party certification.

Grenfell United beams message onto Houses of Parliament

18 Jun 2019

A MESSAGE projected onto the Houses of Parliament on 17 June by the survivors and bereaved families of the Grenfell Tower fire highlighted the fact that, two years on, the government has still not fulfilled its promises to make UK high rises safer.

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Fire & Risk Management Journal is available to FPA members in a new digital format from the November 2018 issue forward. Our original archive dating back to 2010 can still be accessed online at www.frmjournal.com/frm-issues, but we will be digitising these at a later date. Please click on the Online issues button at the top of the homepage to access the new edition (the Read Now button below will not take you there!)

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