Jane Embury takes a look at fire safety in our homes this Christmas. This week, half a million washing machines in UK homes are to be recalled because of fire safety concerns. The Hotpoint or Indesit machines, sold for more than five years, have a door locking system that can overheat creating the risk of […]
fire resistant facades
Wrightstyle goes underground
Wrightstyle has been appointed to design, supply and install fire rated screens to the new Tube station at Battersea Power Station. The project is part of the Northern Line Extension. The new station will serve a mixed-use redevelopment of the iconic old power station. It will comprise shops, restaurants, bars, offices and residential accommodation, as […]
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 […]
From curfew to modern regulation
Jane Embury, our finance director, takes a two-part look at some milestones in fire regulation for buildings. We tend to think of fire safety as something relatively new. We think of it as a modern and enlightened concept that places a value on everybody’s life. Okay, it’s true that it was only in the 19th […]
shopping centre fires
In a two-part article, Jane Embury, marketing director, looks at shopping centres fire safety. We don’t often think about fire breaking out in our local shopping centre. However, let’s remember that in July a fire engulfed a shopping centre in Walthamstow, east London. And just last month, a serious fire broke out in a shopping […]
