IFE Annual General Meeting and Conference report
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Five-star safety
Hotel managers, tourist representatives and fire safety officials met in the Canary Islands recently to discuss how fire safety is now a selling point for hotels across Europe. Rupert Gilbey reports.
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Holiday hazards
Adair Lewis explains some of the fire problems found in European hotels –some of which are down to shortcomings in the 1986 Recommendations on hotel fire safety.
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Room for improvement
The European Commission looks set to revise the 1986 Recommendations on fire safety in hotels, despite calls from the fire community for more radical change. FP &FEJ reports.
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Bon voyage
Rupert Gilbey spoke to managers at Thomson Holiday about the steps tour operators take to ensure people enjoy a safe and healthy holiday.
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Village fate
Paul Hayden looks at the ongoing investigation into a massive fire at the Center Parcs holiday village in Elveden Forest, Suffolk in April 2002.
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Tunnel effect
Richard Carvel, Alan Beard and Paul Jowitt describe the results of a research project on how the geometry of a tunnel affects the heat release rate in tunnel fires.
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Tunnel trouble
Safety standards in road tunnels have come under scrutiny in a pan-European survey. Aidan Steer looks at the results.
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Special treatment
A recent feasibility study has identified the potential for tin-based flame-resistant treatments to be used in aircraft cabin seats. Paul Cusack reports.
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The right track
The effective control of fire risks on the rail network is the principal aim of the Rail Industry Fire Association. Alan Freeman explains.
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The prohibition era
John O'Sullivan outlines the management and recycling issues to be addressed before halon is finally banned at the end of 2003.
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Integrated solutions
A new guide setting out how gaseous fire extinguishing systems must be properly integrated with other service systems in buildings will soon be available. Alan Elder reports.
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Portable performance
David Bonnett outlines recent moves to improve the effectiveness of portable fire extinguishers.
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Pressure points
Andrew Brown looks at the pros and cons of specifying gas cartridge and stored pressure extinguishers.
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