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New cladding materials tests announced

23 Jan 2019

THE GOVERNMENT has widened its fire testing regime to include other materials than aluminium composite material (ACM), which could mean ‘potential uncertainty for thousands more residents’.

Council criticises government’s ‘lack’ of fire safety funding

23 Jan 2019

SHEFFIELD COUNCIL has criticised the wait for government funding for fire safety work in its high rise blocks, with the council ‘taking action regardless’ of governmental support.

Residents complain over lack of fire safety measures

23 Jan 2019

THE RESIDENTS of the Balmoral blocks in Westcliff on Sea, Essex, have lodged a complaint against the housing management association, three years after a pregnant resident died in an arson attack.

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.

Insurer to fund compartmentation works

23 Jan 2019

INSURERS HAVE agreed ‘with caveats’ to fund the cost of compartmentation work at Nova House in Slough, but the issue of cladding funding ‘remains up in the air’.

Landlord receives fine for attic fire hazard

23 Jan 2019

NASIF BOTROS was prosecuted after receiving a prohibition notice for an attic room that featured a ‘serious fire safety hazard’.

Grenfell cladding and insulation study revealed

21 Jan 2019

THE ‘FIRST in-depth’ study of the cladding and insulation used on the tower found that cladding panels were ’55 times more flammable’ than the least flammable options available.

Unregistered fire risk assessors used by councils

18 Jan 2019

NEW RESEARCH by Inside Housing has found that many UK councils are using ‘unregistered’ fire risk assessors to ‘decide if their buildings are safe’.

Response times ‘gradually increased’ in last 20 years

18 Jan 2019

ACCORDING TO new data published by the Home Office, response times to fire incidents have ‘gradually increased’ in the past 20 years in England.

FPA announces seminar on Hackitt Review’s implementation

18 Jan 2019

THE FIRE Protection Association (FPA) will host the event in February and offer ‘an opportunity to discuss the grey areas of the implementation of’ the Hackitt Review.

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