Tis the season to be jolly but, in the workplace, it’s also the season to reassess fire safety. Ahead of the festivities, Jane Embury of Wrightstyle offers advice on fire safety, and urges companies to look again at their fire systems and processes. Every company must have an appointed responsible person charged with fire safety, and now […]
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Six steps to hotel fire safety
As a specialist company involved in the design, supply and installation of advanced glazing systems, here’s our six-point guide to improve hotel fire safety. Earlier this week, more than 100 firefighters tackled a major blaze at a hotel in west London. The fire at a Travelodge in Brentford caused the evacuation of some 160 staff […]
Bolton fire underlines containment importance
Last Friday, a major fire broke out in student accommodation in Bolton. It was tackled by 200 firefighters and took more than nine hours to put out. Worse, the fire started in the late evening and, according to media reports, the fire alarm may not have activated correctly. Those who did hear the alarm weren’t […]
The Wrightstyle Challenge
Chris Peters, our Chief Design Manager, looks at how far advanced glazing systems have come. We think of fires as uncommon events, but they’re not as uncommon as you might guess. Because fire and rescue services attended 573,221 incidents in the year to June 2019. This was a 2% increase compared with the previous year. […]
Fire compartmentalisation
Tim Kempster, managing director, looks at fire compartmentalisation, in other words: keeping fire locked in. Fire remains a potent threat, despite advances in building design and construction and the enforcement of strict building regulations. Essentially, fire safety in commercial buildings is down to three things. First, an alarm system to detect and warn of the […]
