For all those signed up for my webinar on Friday (click here for details) here is a Flowchart which briefly outlines the amendments. We will be discussing how Fire Services might use the amendments within the enforcement...

A manager of a block of flats, who appealed an enforcement notice issued by the fire service on the basis that he was not responsible for the flat doors or the fire alarm system, has had his appeal dismissed by a Cheshire court....

A mother and son have received custodial sentences in relation to fire breaches at a working men’s club in Morecambe. Heather and Callum Goffin were sentenced after pleading guilty to several breaches of the Regulatory Reform...

In May 2018, shortly before the publication of Dame Judith Hackitt’s review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, I wrote an article “Fire Risk Assessors-Time to Come Together As One?” The article was written due to my...

One of the most common questions I’ve been asked by fire officers throughout my time dealing with fire safety matters is whether a conflict of interests would arise with their employers if they started carrying out fire risk...

By James Aird It is well documented that more and more Fire Safety Professionals (“FSPs”) are being considered for prosecution under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (“FSO”). Generally speaking FSPs are not the...

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The appeal had been brought by Epworth PM Ltd, the managing agents of Beech Rise and Willow Rise, Roughwood Drive, Kirby, following the issuing of enforcement notices in respect of each block of flats by Merseyside Fire and...