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  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
  RECORD RRO FINE FOR SHELL
Shell International Limited has received the largest ever fine under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO). The company was fined £300,000 and ordered to pay £45,000 in costs following two small fires in the space of three weeks in 2007 at the Shell Centre in London.
  PROSECUTIONS UNDER RRO LIKELY TO RISE
The number of prosecutions made under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO) is likely to rise.
  Fire enforcement guide for HSE inspectors
The HSE has issued an operational circular ...
  FIRE SAFETY CHANGES TO BUILDING REGULATIONS
The Department for Communities and Local Government has just announced revisions to the fire safety provisions of the Building Regulations. The changes will affect ‘Part B’ of the Building Regulations and its associated guidance.
 
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