Rotherham landlords in court for breaching licensing rules Sheffield Magistrates Court A LANDLORD who failed to carry out gas and fire safety checks has been fined more than £2,000 as part of Rotherham’s selective licensing programme – which regulates the standard of private rented homes. Mohammed Hanif Khan, of Broom Lane, was found guilty at…
KHEN CHOOI Koay was taken to court by North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (NYFRS) over the ‘poor fire safety conditions’ at his shop in York. NYFRS noted that on 25 May 2017 its fire safety inspectors visited Mr Koay’s takeaway shop Mr Happy Oriental Restaurant, at which they found that people were ‘living and…
Grenfell Tower: Fire door manufacturers told to address failings Reuters Suppliers of fire doors have been told to make changes after products from five brands failed safety tests following the Grenfell Tower fire. An investigation was launched after it was found that a fire door from Grenfell Tower could only hold back fire for half…
A manufacturing firm in Norwich has been fined after two employees working with flammable substances in a spray booth were killed by an explosion. — Read on http://www.shponline.co.uk/workers-killed-by-spray-booth-explosion/
Hotel owners given suspended sentences for fire safety failures Posted on 15/06/2018 The owners of a four-storey 64 bedroom hotel in Torquay have been sentenced to four months in prison suspended for 12 months after pleading guilty to three offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Mr Bashir Rana and Mrs Veena Bahl,…
Government ‘clarifies’ fire safety guidelines and launches yet another consultation The government has published new draft guidance to fire safety building regulations – and launched its third post-Hackitt Review consultation on the changes Housing secretary James Brokenshire said the government will also ‘go further’ by conducting a full-scale review of the guidelines, known as ‘Approved…
Landlord ‘ignored pleas’ for fire alarms in Fartown home where blaze killed two boys – trial opening day Kamal Baines on trial for manslaughter over Alder Street fire tragedy A property manager has gone on trial at Leeds Crown Court following a devastating fire which claimed the lives of two young brothers. The blaze at…
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Lawyers claim key staff were left unsure when to drop policy All fire authorities were officially advised to train key staff to determine when they should abandon the “stay-put” policy for residents in burning tower blocks three years before the Grenfell tragedy, it has emerged. But the quality and scope of the London fire brigade…
Following Dame Judith Hackitt’s recent Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety post-Grenfell, a talking point was the decision not to recommend an outright ban of combustible cladding (the government have, however, already indicated they will consult on doing so). Still, the proposals contained in the review represent the most far reaching reform agenda…
More than 150 people are evacuated as blaze breaks out at London high-rise flats on anniversary of Grenfell after residents ‘woke to the sound of screaming’ when ‘alarms didn’t go off’ Fire broke out on 13th floor of 20-storey block in Lewisham, South East London 150 people left the building before firefighters arrived at about…
Businessman jailed for breaking fire safety rules at historic hall in Crewe A businessman and owner of a 14th century Cheshire wedding venue has been jailed for 20 months for breaching serious fire safety rules. Mohammed Isaq of Davenport Hall, Hale Barns, pleaded guilty to nine charges which relate to failure to comply with the…
Police probing fire service over Grenfell Getty Images The Metropolitan Police is investigating London Fire Brigade’s use of a “stay put” policy during last year’s fire at Grenfell Tower. The tower’s residents were told to stay in their flats in the early stages of the fire – a so-called stay-put policy. BBC home affairs correspondent…
Grenfell Tower inquiry: What questions will be answered? Fire service advice to “stay put” in the Grenfell Tower fire had “effectively failed” within around half an hour of the fire starting, a report for the blaze inquiry has found. A safety expert said there was “an early need for total evacuation”, but it was not…
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