The owner of a fashion store has been fined for seven breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

MacDonald Martin of Sunderland has become the 500th installer company to achieve accreditation under the BAFE SP203-1 scheme for fire detection and alarm systems.

A 215-bedroom hotel does not need to fit intumescent strips and smoke seals to its bedroom fire doors in order to satisfy its legal obligations, the secretary of state has determined.

Around 70 firefighters have been tackling a large fire at an industrial site in South Wales.

The opening of Berlin’s new airport has been postponed because of fire safety problems.

A large fire devastated the Williams team garage around 90 minutes after the end of the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on Sunday.

A school for children of British forces in Germany has been severely damaged in a blaze.

Budget cuts of up to £4 million have led Cambridgeshire and Suffolk fire services to consider a merger in order to reduce costs

Computer manufacturer Lenovo has recalled nearly 200,000 computers after a fire risk in the power source was identified

The director of a fire safety company that falsely claimed to be accredited in its bids for large NHS contracts has been convicted of fraud by false representation

Sprinklers have contained a fire which broke out in a bailing machine at a TK Maxx distribution centre in Staffordshire

A ski village in Sheffield has been forced to close after a fire all but destroyed it

A huge explosion at a German chemical factory has left the global motor industry in chaos

The owner of a Chinese restaurant has pleaded guilty to 16 offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

A four day seminar programme at IFSEC International Fire Solutions will cover a range of topics relevant to those who design, install, maintain and distribute fire safety systems.

The managing agents of two Liverpool properties which were not licensed and had defective fire safety precautions have had to pay a total of £7120.

Tower block residents in West Kensington are up in arms about a council’s failure to inform them of an enforcement notice served by London Fire Brigade.

More than 100 firefighters have been tackling a fierce blaze at the Best Western Falmouth Beach Resort hotel as gale force winds fanned the flames.

New research suggests that fire safety would not be compromised if the requirement for national class 0 for decorative wall coverings is withdrawn and replaced by European class C criteria.

A fire at a furniture manufacturing facility has been contained by the activation of a sprinkler system.

A block of flats has been closed down because of dangerous conditions including a defective fire detection and alarm system.

Council officials have denied that delayed fire safety upgrades to a council housing estate in Basildon would have prevented a fire last Monday

Businesses were destroyed as two huge fires ravaged Leicester at the weekend, with a 17-year-old boy being arrested in connection with one incident

Fire has partially destroyed a millionaire’s island eco-retreat on Green Island, near Poole in Dorset

The supplier of smoke alarm brands such as FireAngel, BRK and Dicon has been included in the Sunday Times PwC Profit Track 100 for the first time.

Around 420 people were evacuated from a food production factory after a pizza on a conveyor belt caught fire

Jason Burke completed the 155-mile race in the Sahara desert and has raised £2695 for the Fire Fighters Charity

A number of radio stations went off the air after a suspected arson attack on a communications mast near Bristol

The Fire Service College is formally up for sale to the private sector, but unions have expressed concern the sale will impact on staff

A New Jersey city mayor is playing down his role rescuing a neighbour from a blaze

IFSEC International 2012’s Fire Solutions area will shed light on the move into fire protection

A hotel boss has pleaded guilty to fire safety offences following a blaze in which firefighters had to rescue a guest.

Download some of the seminar presentations from Firex South 2012, including presentations on fire safety in flats, false alarm reduction, and wirefree detection solutions

Two warehouses and a pallet yard have been destroyed in a blaze in east London.

Guidance documents covering fire alarm category selection, testing and inspection of fire protection systems, and the Equality Act 2010 have been published by the Fire Industry Association.

Gordon Thompson, the man who admitted setting fire to a furniture shop in Croydon during last summer's riots is sentenced to 11 and a half years

The owner of a pallet manufacturing company has appeared in court after he allowed fires to be repeatedly lit at his premises next to gas storage sites.

More than 60 firefighters have tackled a fire at a McDonalds restaurant in Preston.

London Fire Brigade have issued a statement saying that despite an FBU ban from signing Olympics contracts, 160 firefighters have agreed to work in the Olympic Park

London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority has pulled out of CFOA after it was faced with a 20% increase in membership fees for 2012/2013.

The landlord of a takeaway with sleeping accommodation has been convicted of fire safety offences after unsuccessfully claiming he did not have control of the premises.

Fifteen people have died after a fire swept through a two-storey building at a construction materials market on the outskirts of Moscow.

Firefighters in Hampshire will be swapping the fire engine for bicycles this summer in an effort to reduce arson incidents in the New Forest

A landlord has been jailed for four months and ordered to pay £10,000 costs after pleading guilty to three fire safety offences.

The landlord of a House in Multiple Occupation has had to pay £16,000 following a fire at one of his properties in which a tenant died.

The FBU and fire chiefs have criticised government suggestions that motorists could build up stores of petrol in jerrycans.

A fire at Shrewsbury Town’s Greenhous Meadow stadium on Tuesday led to their crucial League Two match with Port Vale being abandoned after 60 minutes

In what is thought to be the first deal of its kind, London Fire Brigade is to outsource its 999 control and mobilising service.

A new guide for specifiers of watermist systems has been published by the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association.

BMW have announced a product recall of around 1.3m vehicles where a faulty battery cable could, in extreme cases, lead to fire