Tag Archives: Fire Safety

FireDNA to host fire safety webinar

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FireDNA announces that it will be hosting two fire safety webinars on September 5 and 6 to discuss the Building Safety Act implementation programme. Dame Judith Hackitt will be speaking at the webinar, which is called “All buildings, all builders – an essential guide to the widespread impacts of the …

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THIS is the book we all should be reading

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the result of a series of choices, the sum of state neglect and corporate wrongdoing across a variety of areas, the epicentre of myriad defects in our social fabric I’m reading a fantastic book at the moment. Honestly, it’s one of those books that has the reader gasping with every …

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Allegion launch new ISONAS Pure IP access control to UK market

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Allegion UK has launched the ISONAS Pure IP family of access control solutions in the UK. ISONAS believes access control belongs on the network and should have the ability to be managed from anywhere across an unlimited number of facilities, that is why ISONAS created Pure IP Access Control Hardware. …

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Arnold Laver opens door to future of fire safety

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Timber fire doors have been given a major safety endorsement after every single one aced stringent fire tests that were ordered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) following London’s Grenfell Tower tragedy. Arnold Laver, provided a wide range of door sets for furnace testing between October …

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Bull celebrates success in the land down under

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Bull Products, a manufacturer of life-saving fire protection equipment, is celebrating the success of its wireless alarm system, after securing multiple projects in the land down under. Working alongside its Australian distributor, Checkpoint Products, the Cygnus wireless alarm system has been installed on various large projects, including the Greenland Centre, …

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Aico alarm interface used in high-risk fire safety systems

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  Fire safety start-up company Lite4Life has adopted Aico’s unique Ei414 Fire / Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarm Interface into its Multiwatch tower block fire safety system and AlightforLife Directional Way Finder Safety Light.  The Ei414 is being used to alert these systems in the event of an activation from Aico …

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Bull takes fire safety to new heights

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Bull Products has strengthened its fire safety range with an intelligent fire safety device, designed to close fire doors quickly during an emergency. The Shuttle Intelligent Fire Door Retainer is an ideal solution for construction sites where there are multiple fire doors that are propped open during work on site. …

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PerryShield fire door ironmongery combines fire safety and cost compliance

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As legislation continues to tighten in the wake of recent fire catastrophes, A Perry & Co is launching its new CE Marked and CERTIFIRE Approved PerryShield range of fire door ironmongery. The complete, integrated, fire rated range of door hinges, locks and latches, and intumescent protection kits has been designed …

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Grenfell Tower cladding standards slip flagged in 2014

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Fire tests from as early as 2014, showed cladding used on Grenfell Tower failed to meet the safety standards, a BBC investigation has found. The cladding used on Grenfell was Reynobond PE, aluminium panels containing a plastic filling, that were popular in cost-conscious council refurbishment schemes. While zinc cladding was …

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