Tim Kempster, our managing director, casts a backward glance at the UK’s most infamous plot. Today we celebrate Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night. It’s the date in 1605 when Guy Fawkes was apprehended while guarding explosives that he and his co-conspirators had hidden under the House of Lords. It was a plot to kill […]
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Festive fire safety planning
It’s not quite Christmas, but it is time to start looking at Christmas fire safety. The reason being that some companies are already planning recruitment programmes to attract temporary staff. Part-time or seasonal staff need, as part of initial training, to have the fire safety knowledge to keep themselves, customers and colleagues safe. That needs […]
Fire care in care homes
Planning Care Homes Fire Safety Chris Peters, our Chief Design Manager, concludes his two-part look at fire safety in care homes. In the first part of this article on fire safety in care homes, I made the point that they’re more common than we imagine. Every year in the UK, there are between 800 and […]
Care Homes – Fire Safety
Chris Peters, our Chief Design Manager, takes a two-part look at the special requirements for care homes fire safety. We recently supplied to a £7.5 million state-of-the-art care home in Warwick, which is due to open this autumn. We installed fire-rated screens and doors in this inspirational facility that will provide care for 72 older people and […]
A history of safety
Jane Embury concludes her backward look at the history of building fire regulations. In the first part of my gallop through the history of fire safety standards, I said that the first fire regulations were made by William the Conqueror in the 11th century. He decreed that all hearth fires should be extinguished at night. […]