by DML | Jun 8, 2020 | Latest News
A primary school destroyed in a fire last week did not have a sprinkler system, it has emerged. A major blaze ripped through Harrington Junior School in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, on 28 May during refurbishment work. Last year, the county council spent £30,800 replacing...
by DML | Jun 2, 2020 | Latest News
Amended Building Regulations require fire sprinklers in all buildings above 11mt high. Following the tragedy of Grenfell government were finally moved to listen to the whole fire sector who had been warning of further deadly fires following the events at Lakenal...
by DML | May 18, 2020 | Latest News
Shropshire fire service endorses national campaign to implement sprinkler systems The National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) National Sprinkler Week, which runs from Monday until the end of next week, highlights the importance of sprinkler systems for keeping...
by DML | Apr 5, 2020 | Latest News
New measures announced include mandatory sprinkler systems and consistent wayfinding signage in all new high-rise blocks of flats over 11 metres tall. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP has today (2 April 2020) announced ambitious steps to further reform the building...
by DML | Jan 27, 2020 | Latest News
A MAN was rescued from a fire in Flint which had successfully been extinguished due to an ‘effective sprinkler system’. North Wales Fire and Rescue Service crews were called to a report of a fire at Bolingbroke Heights, Flint on Friday evening at 5.49pm...
by DML | Dec 3, 2019 | Latest News
Fire chiefs have called for the lowering of the threshold for the use of sprinklers in high rise blocks of flats in the wake of the recent Bolton fire. The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has submitted a response to the Government’s Approved Document B...
