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Welcome to Info4Fire.com, the new resource for everyone installing, specifying and managing fire safety. Apart from our daily changing news content, you can read about the many uses of fire resisting glass, the dangers of apathy towards and ignorance of passive fire protection standards, and the installation of a voice alarm/public address system at the refurbished Excel exhibition centre in London

The lack of a valid fire risk assessment at the time of last year’s blaze at the Fire Service College has hit he headlines again today – seven weeks after Info4fire broke the original story.

A discussion forum at Firex South next Wednesday on the fire safety responsibilities of local authority housing providers in the wake of the Lakanal House fire, will include a senior representative from the government’s Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser’s office.

Police and fire officers investigating a major fire that broke out in a shopping centre in Dumfries, Scotland, have ruled out arson.

A new initiative to highlight the dangers of specifying or using sub-standard cables has been launched.

The recent tightening up of fire safety laws in China will breathe new life into the country’s fire safety industry, according to a new report. IMS Research estimates that by 2014, the Chinese...

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Mental health charity Rethink has installed wireless fire door retainers by Dorgard.

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The National Portrait Gallery, London, which is famous for its extensive collection of art, has installed a fire prevention system.

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A new Marriott Courtyard hotel in Istanbul has been fitted with a safety solution from Bosch Security Systems

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A regeneration project in the Isle of Dogs, London, has seen new residential buildings fitted with Bilco smoke vents.

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London-based exhibition centre ExCel has selected Ateis audio and control technology for its voice alarm and public address systems.

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Don’t support any quangos without proper representation. If you do, storm their premises and chuck all their Typhoo into the harbour!

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Brian Robinson argues that if fire protection measures in practice lived up to current guidance and standards, we would have safer buildings.

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Bob Docherty takes issue with the Chief Fire Officers Association that inconsistency of enforcement by fire and rescue services is more perceived than real.

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While online risk assessment tools are not new, tying the process up with a detailed inventory of fire safety measures, assets and procedures is a challenge, especially on complex sites like airports. Colin Simpson outlines a new initiative.

Modern methods of construction in general and timber frame buildings in particular came under the fire safety spotlight at a recent insurance industry event, as Ron Alalouff reports.

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Recent developments in glass processing mean that fire resistant glass can now also be used for additional reasons such as security and sound attenuation. Scott Sinden, managing director of UK glass processor ESG, explains how glass has become more versatile.

 

 

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