Housing benefits
Local councils and landlords in the UK are coming under increasing pressure to fit sprinklers and smoke detection systems in their properties. Rupert Gilbey reports on the latest moves to make this protection a reality.
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Keeping the home fires burning
Martin Shipp provides fire test data on the spread of fire in a typical domestic room.
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Fire covered?
Cath Reynolds describes the progress made by the British government in modernising standards of fire cover in the UK.
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Watch this space
John Stephens overviews an ongoing research project that has identified a new design approach that may significantly reduce the cost of sprinkler installations while improving their effectiveness.
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Train of thought
Peter Briggs describes a recent research programme which investigated the reaction-to-fire performance of products for use in European trains.
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Talking shop
Paul Haydock recently won a student research prize sponsored by Chiltern Fire in conjunction with the Institution of Fire Engineers.
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Work in progress
Draft revisions to BS 5839-1, the code of practice against which virtually all fire detection and alarm installations in the UK are designed and installed, were released in 2001. Colin Todd explains the major changes and examines the way in which the draft standard will progress into a new-look code of practice for the 21st century.
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The specialists
Enclosures such as atria, cold stores and ceiling voids represent challenges for fire detection installers. But, argues Jim Fowler, the correct installation of modern detection products can provide excellent protection for specialist applications.
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Sense and sensitivity
The market for high-sensitivity smoke detection systems has grown rapidly in recently years. But, as Peter Fox explains, this is not surprising given that these systems provide a degree of fire protection that a few years ago would have been unthinkable.
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Radio-therapy
Wire-free fire detectors and alarms have not had a good reputation for reliability in the past. But developments in technology mean that these radio-based systems now have the ability to match wired products, as Graham Tilley explains.
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Study notes
The Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) examinations will take place on 7-8 March. Shaun Doyle provides some tips on how to prepare.
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Changes Down Under
In the second part of their article on the challenges facing the Australian Branch of the Institution of Fire Engineers (see FEJ vol.61, no. 213, p.45), John Horswell and Patrick Jones explain how IFE Australia intends to progress.
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