The Rosepark care home fire in 2004 in which 14 people died was the worst fire in a care home in the UK. Martin Shipp discusses the investigation, research and lessons learned from the tragedy as presented at a special conference.

A business park offering a mix of office and laboratory space with piped oxygen and compressed air on tap? Now there’s a challenge for a fire safety solution, as Keith Minster, sales manager UK and Ireland at Morley-IAS by Honeywell, explains.

A new guidance document on fire risk assessments for complex buildings has been released. Its author, Paul Bryant, outlines some of its key content.

Recent research into water mist systems has shed new light on the factors that are critical to their success in commercial buildings, as Louise Jackman and Kelvin Annable report.

In the wake of the Lakanal House tragedy and other fires, it became apparent that there was a lack of specific guidance for purpose-built blocks of flats. Here Colin Todd, whose firm was commissioned to draft new guidance published last month, outlines some of its key provisions.