False alarms have both financial and behavioural implications; they can lead to lost time in production, fines from local fire brigades, and worst of all, peoples’ complacency when alarms activate. Hochiki Europe provides details on some of the considerations, building owners, responsible persons, and facilities management teams should think about when it comes to false alarms and how compliant installation and maintenance of your fire detection system and devices can help prevent them.

New Fire Safety (England) Regulations came into force on 23 January 2023. The fire safety team at law firm, Addleshaw Goddard, explain the background, what fire safety professionals need to be aware of and the challenges ahead.

The inaugural meeting of the Building Advisory Committee – set up to provide technical advice to the Building Safety Regulator and help shape Building Regulations and the content of Approved Document B – has taken place, as Ron Alalouff reports.

The committee was established under the Building Safety Act 2022, and will advise and inform the Building Safety Regulator in its mission to ensure the safety of residents in high-rise buildings and keep the safety standards of all buildings under review.

Proposed sprinkler requirement in care homes a “positive step” asserts BSA

THE RECENT announcement from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on proposed changes to Approved Document B of the Building Regulations is welcomed by the Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA) as a “common sense step” in the drive to improve fire safety in care homes.