Job Vacancy Bristol – Intruder Alarm Engineer Multi Skilled Closed Feb 2014
We are currently seeking an highly experienced, multi skilled engineer who is fully conversant in the electronic security industry.Applicants must be able to carry out surveys, routine maintenance, fault finding, repair and installation of security, CCTV, access control and fire … Continue reading
Fire and Rescue Strike today Saturday 19th October
Confusion in the news is the strike on or off? Fire and Rescue service on strike today in some parts of the country. Warnings have gone out to business owners with automatic signalling fire Alarms in non-Domestic premises. They will … Continue reading
Landlord pleads guilty to eight fire safety offences
A Manchester landlord has been fined more than £9,000 after pleading guilty to fire safety offences.Javed Waraich of Lloyd Street South was fined £9,259 at Manchester City Magistrates Court on 7 November after pleading guilty to eight offences under the … Continue reading
Blaze damages historic 17th Century hotel
A fire in a ground floor kitchen involving deep fat fryers spread to the first floor ballroom of a historic hotel in Devon.Crews responded to the fire at the Royal Seven Stars Hotel in Totnes just before 10.00pm on Saturday … Continue reading
National hotel chain pleads guilty to fire safety offences
Hotel chain Travelodge has been fined £13,000 and ordered to pay 6,500 costs after breaching fire safety law at its Gatwick Airport Central hotel.The company pleaded guilty to seven offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 at Haywards … Continue reading
Takeaway owner convicted after ‘total disregard’ of fire safety
The former owner of a takeaway in Rochdale has pleaded guilty to putting the lives of a four-year-old girl and his employees at risk after admitting 11 offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order.Usman Adnan Farzand of Oldham Road, … Continue reading
Taking the heat – a practical look at the impact of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Falling foul of fire safety legislation can result in hefty fines, often in cases where there has been no serious injury or loss if life, as Susan Dearden explains. It’s the risk to life and limb, rather than actual death or injury, which … Continue reading
National retailer convicted of fire safety offences
07 June 2012 B&M Retail Ltd has had to pay almost £33,000 after pleading guilty to six offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.Fire protection officers from Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service visited the B&M Bargains store in … Continue reading
Fast food restaurant fined for ‘complete disregard’ of fire safety law
A Salford takeaway has paid £13,000 after pleading guilty to nine offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.Delicious Foods Ltd of Liverpool Road, Eccles pleaded guilty to the offences at Manchester city magistrates court on Friday 6 January. … Continue reading
‘Efficient’ fire alarm ensures no casualties in wedding reception blaze
Guests at a Cheshire castle which was due to hold a wedding reception earlier this year were saved by the ‘efficiency’ of a fire alarm, it has been claimed.Bridegroom Max Kay of Liverpool started the blaze at Peckforton Castle Hotel … Continue reading