Fire Safety

High quality cables key to fire safety in UAE: Experts

Major loss of property and life can be avoided by eliminating non-certified cables, according to a fire safety expert. To…

Fire & Safety Assn of India launches Raipur Sub-Chapter

Fire & Safety Association of India (FSAI), a non-profit organisation, has announced installation of its Raipur Sub-Chapter. A…

Mumbai fire officers threaten to stop safety checks

Seeking better working conditions, the Mumbai Fire Brigade Officers Association (FBOA) has threatened to stop carrying out fire…

Raids to check fire safety measures in Odisha

The Odisha fire service have started an inspection of private hospitals and nursing homes in Nayagarh, Jagatsinghpur and…

Abu Dhabi adopts new fire safety code

All vital buildings in the UAE will be directly linked to a smart fire safety system of the Civil Defence where fire warnings…

Safety of high-rise apartments in Sydney under cloud as new fire safety laws being introduced

The NSW, Australia, government will announce fire safety laws soon giving officials broad power to identify unsafe building…

PIL raises concern over fire safety in schools

A public interest litigation (PIL) in the Delhi High Court has raised a query over how many schools, both private and government…

Irish Schools will face random selection audits amid fire safety concerns

Twenty-five schools in Ireland to be audited for fire safety checks across the country will be randomly selected and include…

Bangkok hosts FSAIs biggest annual event – PACC 2017

The 5th edition of Fire and Security Association of Indias (FSAI) Project heads, Architects & Consultants Conclave (PACC)…

82 buildings in London fail new fire safety test

Eighty-two buildings have failed a new fire safety test set up in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, ministers say. The test…

Fire safety in prisons in England - a catastrophe waiting to happen'

Fire safety in prisons has been labelleda catastrophe waiting to happen after it was revealed every prison inspection in England…

From the Editor's Desk: July 2017

Dear ReaderLast month, I spoke about the Manchester bomb blast and this month we have the Grenfell Tower inferno in London to…