Businesses are to be formally praised for steps taken to fight fire in local communities, fire minister and MP for Dewsbury, Shahid Malik has said.

A new standard for the fire testing, performance and classification of modern building systems has been launched by LPCB.

IT experts at Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service have been working with the Service’s incident command team to create a fully-automated system using electronic tags to help keep track of firefighters, vehicles and equipment.

A company that owned a London hotel has been ordered to pay more than £21,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to six offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

Adapting to a lean economic climate is one of the topics to be discussed at the Fire and Rescue conference 2010.

The fire performance of modern methods of construction and timber frame buildings came under the spotlight at an insurance industry event last week.

Research into the spread of fire in the roof voids of apartment buildings is to be carried out by Exova Warringtonfire.

A former pub landlord has been ordered to pay £16,015 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to breaches of fire safety legislation.

What is claimed to be the first fire safety training application available on iPhones has been unveiled.

Intumescent coatings manufacturer Leighs Paints has signed a contract for the installation of a Morley-IAS fire alarm system at its manufacturing site in Bolton.

London Fire Brigade has signed a deal with Hilton Hotels that recognises the efforts by both parties to reduce the number of false alarms.

A new certification scheme for the installation and maintenance of portable fire extinguishers has been launched by SSAIB.

The cause of a fire in Exmouth which spread to neighbouring properties in a parade of shops has been identified as a halogen heater which ignited combustible material.

Two landlords have been fined £4000 each and ordered to pay £8000 costs for breaching a prohibition notice on a residential property.

A new report on the benefits of automatic suppression systems in residential care homes is to be launched next month.

Firefighters are spending a second week tackling a deep-seated fire at a waste site in West Yorkshire.

A ‘secret’ database showing the poor condition of many university halls of residence and non-residential buildings – including in some cases those deemed ‘inoperable’ because they are in breach of fire regulations – has been published by the Guardian newspaper.

Ten fire crews have tackled a large fire at a landfill site in Wiltshire.

A deep clean of commercial kitchen extract systems has been undertaken at 33 sites belonging to West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service.

A pub management company has been convicted of offences under fire safety law following a hearing at North Wiltshire Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

Around 50 firefighters tackled a blaze involving at least three fuel tanks as well as a number of propane cylinders, mobile homes and vehicles.

An investigation is underway after a major fire broke out on an aircraft carrier which was being decommissioned in Teeside.

Fire detection, alarms and emergency lighting courses developed by the Fire Protection Association and the Fire and Security Association (FSA) have been accredited as BTEC qualifications.

Seven adults and a child were sent to hospital suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation following a fire at a north London shop and flats.

Chubb Fire has confirmed it is renewing its sponsorship of the Scout fire safety badge for a further three years.

At least three fire and rescue services have reported a significant rise in homeowners complaining about 10-year smoke alarms with sealed batteries ‘beeping’ - as if they were low on battery power -only a few years after their installation.

A fire safety programme aimed at young people between four and 17 years old who are known or suspected troublemakers with fire has been launched by Lancashire Fire and Rescue.

A textile factory in Birmingham was almost completely destroyed in a large fire on Sunday.

Around 30 people were evacuated from their homes when a fire in an Edinburgh block of flats spread through the roof void. The alarm was raised at approximately 6.45 am last Friday when Lothian and...

More than 100 firefighters tackled a blaze which spread through neighbouring properties in Exmouth town centre.

Welsh Assembly members voted on Wednesday to make the installation of sprinklers compulsory in all new homes in Wales.

A large fire on Tuesday evening at a bed factory in Bradford has been brought under control by around 60 firefighters.

The National Fire Protection Association in the US has welcomed the news that three more states have adopted the 2009 edition of its International Residential Code, which requires sprinklers in all new one and two-family homes.

Entering burning buildings and other potentially dangerous environments may become less risky, thanks to a new breed of ‘firefighting’ robots.

The qualifications of fire risk assessors, residential landlords’ responsibilities and the challenges of fire safety in care homes are three of the seminar topics to be presented at Firex South.

Around 60 firefighters tackled a blaze which has destroyed a Lancashire nightclub and damaged neighbouring shops.

Film goers at a screening of the hit 3-D film Avatar thought the special effects were a bit too realistic when a speaker behind the cinema screen caught fire.

The Fire Service College had not carried out a fire risk assessment under the Fire Safety Order at the time of last year's fire which destroyed 11 fire engines and the appliance bay they were kept in.

A supermarket in Weston-Super-Mare has been badly damaged by a fire which broke out in the early hours of Monday.

The Wood Protection Association (WPA) is calling for building designers to double-check the fire performance credentials of timber flame retardant treatments to ensure they really are fit for the application required.

Search and rescue specialists from UK fire and rescue services have been flown out to Haiti as part of the government's response to the devastating earthquake in the country.

Updated guidance on fire safety for construction sites has recently been circulated for consultation by the Health and Safety Executive.

Southwark Council has said that prior to the Lakanal House fire last August, it had mistakenly relied on the training of its housing officers by London Fire Brigade to meet fire safety requirements for some of its tower blocks.

Plans for a national register of tower blocks in England, to include the date of the last fire risk assessment for each block, have been unveiled today by the Tenant Services Authority (TSA).

A fire this morning at a timber frame building under construction in London has been brought under control by around 75 firefighters.

Fire stations are normally associated with the colour red but the one in Ilford has been fitted with a range of energy saving measures designed to make it greener.

Seventeen fire and rescue authorities (38%) have performed 'well' and exceed minimum requirements, according to a report focussing on financial audits and use of resources.

A news item last week about the potential role of window frames in fires such as that at Lakanal House in Camberwell may have given a misleading impression of the research it was based on, claims BRE.

The timber frame industry has announced a three-stage approach to tackle the incidence of serious fires on construction sites, such as that in Peckham, south east London a fortnight ago.

A museum collection housing classic cars from the 1950s has been destroyed in a fire. Around 30 firefighters tackled the blaze last week at the privately owned Cae Dai museum near Denbigh.