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Innovative fire alarm system helps save life of resident in serious house fire

|Date: 3 September, 2024

Innovative fire alarm system helps save life of resident in serious house fire

An interlinked fire and carbon monoxide alarm system played a vital role in saving the life of a tenant l ...

An interlinked fire and carbon monoxide alarm system played a vital role in saving the life of a tenant living in a social housing property in Scotland. Neighbours were alerted to the fire in Dalkeith ...

3 September, 2024
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Reducing fire-related deaths

|Date: 20 December, 2023

Reducing fire-related deaths

LABM reports on the National Social Housing Fire Strategy Group’s Fire Safety Event: Reducing fire deaths ...

LABM reports on the National Social Housing Fire Strategy Group’s Fire Safety Event: Reducing fire deaths must be our priority, which took place in October at the Building Centre in London. Speakers i ...

20 December, 2023
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ForHousing | It’s good to talk

|Date: 24 October, 2023

ForHousing | It’s good to talk

Open lines of communication with tenants are central to ForHousing’s approach to building safety, says Ni ...

Open lines of communication with tenants are central to ForHousing’s approach to building safety, says Nigel Sedman, Executive Director of Homes. Everyone should have a safe place to live. It is a sen ...

24 October, 2023
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Family return home after fire

|Date: 12 August, 2022

Family return home after fire

A family are celebrating returning to their home following a fire that swept through a row of houses in M ...

A family are celebrating returning to their home following a fire that swept through a row of houses in Merstham last year.  The fire, which started in a neighbouring property just over one year ago, ...

12 August, 2022
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Taking a common-sense approach to PAT Testing can mitigate fire risks in schools says Hawkesworth Appliance Testing

|Date: 3 March, 2017

Taking a common-sense approach to PAT Testing can mitigate fire risks in schools says Hawkesworth Appliance Testing

Fire damage costs schools, universities and education authorities millions of pounds for the repair of bu ...

Fire damage costs schools, universities and education authorities millions of pounds for the repair of buildings — and in compensation, if there have been casualties or fatalities due to Health and Sa ...

3 March, 2017
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