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Nationwide | Fire door best practice

|Date: 22 November, 2019

Nationwide | Fire door best practice

Over 200 professionals from local authorities and housing associations recently came together to learn ab ...

Over 200 professionals from local authorities and housing associations recently came together to learn about the latest developments in the fire door sector in the UK’s first CPD Accredited CE Marked ...

22 November, 2019
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FPA calls for government combustibility ban to be based on risk

|Date: 18 November, 2019

FPA calls for government combustibility ban to be based on risk

Bolton student fire — the Fire Protection Association (FPA) calls for the Government combustibility ban f ...

Bolton student fire — the Fire Protection Association (FPA) calls for the Government combustibility ban for buildings to be based upon risk, not just height. The recent ban on combustible building mat ...

18 November, 2019
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Allegion | Fire safety compliance

|Date: 23 October, 2019

Allegion | Fire safety compliance

As the UK strives to improve fire safety and building standards, Karen Trigg discusses the pressure on sp ...

As the UK strives to improve fire safety and building standards, Karen Trigg discusses the pressure on specialised housing landlords and how to keep residents safe. For housing landlords, providing re ...

23 October, 2019
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Enfield Doors | Lessons to learn from the Grenfell fire

|Date: 22 October, 2019

Enfield Doors | Lessons to learn from the Grenfell fire

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s recommendations will change how we build and maintain our buildings, says Ni ...

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s recommendations will change how we build and maintain our buildings, says Nigel Sill, Chairman of Enfield Speciality Doors. But we don’t have to wait; we already know most ...

22 October, 2019
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Aico | Raising the standard

|Date: 21 October, 2019

Aico | Raising the standard

National Technical Manager at Aico Andy Speake discusses the requirements of the revised British Standard ...

National Technical Manager at Aico Andy Speake discusses the requirements of the revised British Standard for domestic fire alarms for social housing specifers. BS 5839-6 is the code of practice for t ...

21 October, 2019
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Wylex ‘mini’ AFDD launches to help protect tenants and property from electrical fires

|Date: 8 October, 2019

Wylex ‘mini’ AFDD launches to help protect tenants and property from electrical fires

With over 13,000 electrical fires in the UK each year, leading circuit protection brand Wylex has launche ...

With over 13,000 electrical fires in the UK each year, leading circuit protection brand Wylex has launched a new, smaller Arc Fault Detection Device (AFDD) that disconnects the power supply when it de ...

8 October, 2019
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TTF/WPA | Advice on flame-retardant treatments for timber

|Date: 27 September, 2019

TTF/WPA | Advice on flame-retardant treatments for timber

Greater understanding of flame-retardant treatments for external timber surfaces  is essential, say the T ...

Greater understanding of flame-retardant treatments for external timber surfaces  is essential, say the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and the Wood Protection Association (WPA). Greek philosopher Socra ...

27 September, 2019
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SafeSite Facilities | Training drills

|Date: 13 September, 2019

SafeSite Facilities | Training drills

SafeSite Facilities tells LABM how it brought a vacant sheltered accommodation back into use for fire saf ...

SafeSite Facilities tells LABM how it brought a vacant sheltered accommodation back into use for fire safety trials. Official figures from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government hav ...

13 September, 2019
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Vulnerable residents ‘still at risk from under-qualified workforce’

|Date: 22 August, 2019

Vulnerable residents ‘still at risk from under-qualified workforce’

ECA responds to Government consultation following the Hackitt Report on building fire safety. The safety ...

ECA responds to Government consultation following the Hackitt Report on building fire safety. The safety of hospital patients, those in care and the residents of high-rise buildings could still be at ...

22 August, 2019
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Industry Comment | Grenfell, two years on

|Date: 9 July, 2019

Industry Comment | Grenfell, two years on

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the pr ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the progress made by government to make buildings safer following the tragic Grenfell disaster and th ...

9 July, 2019
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