Influential trade association SELECT has joined the Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS) to warn that all heat, smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms being fitted under new legislation must comply with the relevant product standards. The leading bodies’ joint alert about sub-standard and potentially unsafe products comes as the February Continue Reading
Fire
What makes a fire door a fire door?
Although they may both look the same, there is a big difference between a standard door and fire door. A fire door is an engineered safety device designed to protect property and save lives in a fire. However, many fire doors are poorly installed, it is only once a fire Continue Reading
Experts in connected safety, FireAngel, launch the most technologically advanced gateway in the safety market
Continuing to fulfil its mission to protect and save lives with innovative, cutting-edge home safety technology, FireAngel has launched its New Generation Cellular Gateway enabling social housing landlords to offer a level of protection and prevention measures never seen before in fire safety. Using FireAngel’s Smart RF technology, the New Continue Reading
Raising fire safety standards in social housing through connected technology
With the fire cladding crisis making headline news, industry experts are looking at the role of technology to improve fire safety standards today, and in the future. In response to evidence heard at the Grenfell Inquiry, the Government’s White Paper¹ on social housing and the draft Building Safety Bill, there has Continue Reading
Rhino reveals fire door with industry leading heat radiation performance
One of the UK’s leading designers, manufacturers and installers of engineered doors has this week released test results which suggest an ‘industry changing’ fire door could soon be coming to market. The initial and full-scale tests were carried out on Rhino’s new range of El2 rated, insulated fire doors, achieving significant overruns on Continue Reading
New fire safety guidance for trussed rafter ceiling constructions
New ceiling construction details have been published which show fully tested solutions for fire safety in new homes with trussed rafter roofs. The new TRA guidance provides builders with design options to meet the fire resistance requirements for trussed rafter ceiling constructions in individual homes. When followed correctly, these construction Continue Reading
PFAS Fire Fighting Foam & Emergency Gear You Need In Case of Fire
Have you ever asked yourself about ways how to extinguish fire aside from what we know carbon dioxide or water? You are probably familiar with the fire suppression systems, but there is another solution to put off the fire. Do you ever wonder what else firefighters use for it? You Continue Reading
Trident slams the door on fire
Evidence continues to pile up about continued fire door failures in residential and commercial property, according to Trident Building Consultancy. As Fire Door Safety Week takes place this week, two of Trident’s building surveyors have catalogued the most common fire door defects they find when undertaking inspections. Since the Grenfell Continue Reading
Poll reveals alarming lack of fire door knowledge across trades
Despite reporting a growth in demand for fire safety products and devices in the last year, a new poll by online ironmongery supplier IronmongeryDirect has revealed that over half (54%) of tradespeople do not know how to check that a fire door is operating correctly and complies with regulations. The Continue Reading
New video series covers all the fire door safety basics
A series of short video interviews with fire door safety expert Hannah Mansell have been launched to mark Fire Door Safety Week which runs this week (23-29 September 2019). The videos give advice on each stage of the process to anyone buying or specifying fire doors, including architects, contractors and Continue Reading