Pune: Only 15-25% Housing Societies have completed fire safety examination

Only 1525% of the housing societies in the city have completed a fire safety examination, according to the Pune Fire Brigade…

Ireland launches €2.5bn scheme to repair fire safety defects in homes

The Irish government has approved a repair scheme costing up to A??2.5bn (A?2.2bn) to fix fire safety and other defects in 100,…

Fire chiefs call for two escape stairs in all new housing over 18m

All new residential buildings over 18m or seven storeys should be legally required to have two stair cores, senior firefighters…

HC makes annual fire audit mandatory, orders compliance

The Bombay High Court at Goa has issued a slew of directions concerning the enforcement of fire safety norms directing all…

Fire chiefs demand new safety rules for construction business

Fire-brigade bosses in the UK have raised concerns about the safety performance of modern methods of construction (MMC). In a…

Chandigarh Municipal Corporation to hike fire safety NOC charges by 20 per cent

Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is all set to hike the charges for issuing no objection certificates (NOC) for fire safety to…

Fire safety defects uncovered in one of Irelands largest housing developments

Fire safety defects have been uncovered in one of the largest housing developments in the State following the purchase of A??60m…

Major UK housebuilder estimates fire safety issues on buildings could take between 5-7 years to fix

Barratt Homes, one of the UKs largest housebuilders and one of 49 firms that have signed up to the building safety pledge to…

Small restaurants, PGs will now need fire clearance in Delhi

Small restaurants with seating capacity below 50 and PG accommodations with 10 or more rooms operating without a fire safety no-…

Open, high security jails to come up in Uttar Pradesh under prison reforms: CM Yogi

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has said the Uttar Pradesh government will set upopen and high security prisons in…

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation plan for fire management in slums

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has initiated measures to devise a plan to deal effectively with possible fire…

£50k fine for London hotel after fire safety failings found including lack of sufficient fire doors and detectors

The owner of The Bank Hotel in Barking has been ordered to pay A?50,000 after they continued to take guests despite being issued…