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  FIRE EXTINGUISHER CODE ISSUED
A new Code covers the suitability and positioning of portable fire extinguishers conforming to BS EN 3 (extinguishers designed to be carried by one person).


January 2013 • Volume 36 • Number 1
  CERTIFICATION IS UP AND RUNNING
UK fire protection organisation BAFE reports that the National Security Inspectorate, ECA Certification and SSAIB are the first three bodies to achieve UKAS accreditation to BAFE’s SP205 ‘Life Safety Fire Risk Assessment’ scheme.

December 2012 Volume 35 Number 12
  STRICT LIABILITY FOR ESCAPE OF FIRE
The Court of Appeal has reviewed the principles of liability for the escape of fire in Stannard (t/a Wyvern Tyres) v Gore [2012] EWCA Civ 1248.

December 2012 Volume 35 Number 12
  STRATEGIC FIRE RISK MANAGEMENT
If it moves, salute it, and if it doesn’t, make sure it has a management system Standard.

July 2012 Volume 35 Number 7
  FIRE RISK ASSESSOR COMPETENCY
The Fire Risk Assessment Competency Council (FRACC) has produced definitive guidance on the competency of fire risk assessors, following a consultation last year

february 2012 Volume 35 Number 2
  RISK ASSESSORS’ GUIDE TO PASSIVE FIRE PROTECTION
Extensive guidelines on passive fire protection (PFP) have been drafted by the Association for Specialist Fire Protection

December 2011 Volume 34 Number 12
  SELECTING SUITABLY COMPETENT FIRE RISK ASSESSORS
Guidance on selecting suitably competent fire risk assessors has appeared for the first time on a Government website

June 2011. Volume 34. Number 6
  NO LIABILITY FOR EXTINGUISHER SUPPLIER
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the supplier of a fire extinguisher was not liable for damage caused when vandals let it off.


October 2010. Volume 33. Number 10
  GOVERNMENT CAUGHT OUT BY RRO
The London headquarters of Communities and Local Government - the government department that steers fire safety policy in England and Wales - has been served with an enforcement notice under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO).


July 2010. Volume 33. Number 7
  RRO FINES HIT RETAIL GIANTS
Both Tesco and the Co-Operative Group have been fined recently for breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO) in separate prosecutions. The RRO requires that the responsible person (in a workplace, the employer) carries out a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment and acts on its findings.

June 2010. Volume 33. Number 6
 
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