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FBU criticises ‘government complacency’ over high rise fires

21 May 2019

THE FIRE Brigades Union (FBU) has stated that the government has ‘done nothing to adequately prepare’ fire and rescue services (FRSs) for an incident similar to the Grenfell Tower fire.

Welsh government developing new high rise fire safety regulations

21 May 2019

THE GOVERNMENT will outline plans for a new high rise tower block fire safety regulatory system to replace the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 [FSO] today.

Grenfell inquiry report not due until October

20 May 2019

THE INQUIRY stated in an announcement that chair Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s phase one report from the inquiry will ‘most likely’ be published in October.

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.

Landlord fined for ‘unsafe’ property

21 May 2019

JACK COLLINS was fined £20,000 for ‘failing to protect the safety’ of tenants in his house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Beeston, Leeds.

Hotel landlord pleads guilty to fire safety failures

21 May 2019

GRAHAM HAMMER, former landlord of the Derby Court Hotel in Preston, pleaded guilty to four fire safety regulation breaches over the hotel.

NFCC renews sprinkler calls amid campaign

20 May 2019

THE NATIONAL Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) is running a national sprinkler campaign this week, and renewed its call for the government to ‘make changes to legislation to keep people safer in their homes’.

More LPS blocks to be demolished

20 May 2019

HAMMERSMITH AND Fulham Council has agreed to knock down the Hartopp and Lannoy Point towers, which were built using the large panel system (LPS) method.

Grenfell inquiry judge ‘will not make recommendations’ in first report

17 May 2019

ACCORDING TO a letter sent to core participants, Sir Martin Moore-Bick will not make any ‘urgent’ fire safety recommendations in his report on the inquiry’s first phase.

Residents forced to move out over fire safety concerns

17 May 2019

IN LIVERPOOL and in London, residents of fire risk buildings have had to move out for crucial work to be undertaken, with those in London forced to continue to pay full rent during the works.

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