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Servicing fire extinguishers

When servicing fire extinguishers, can you use generic parts or should you buy from the manufacturer? Here the FIA answers the question.

Construction worker in coma following fall from height at AECC

A construction worker is in an induced coma in hospital after a fall at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC)

Free seminars on the fire detection and alarm systems

The Fire Industry Association will be giving two free seminars on the topic of fire detection and alarm systems at the FIM Expo in October 2018

Barrett launches safety review following increase in site accidents

Property development company, Barratt Developments, has launched a safety review after accidents on its sites increased

What’s on the Health and Safety and Environmental unit

The FIA launches the Health & Safety and the Environmental units from their qualification pathway, which are now available online.

The FIA awards learners its first ever Nationally Recognised Qualification in Fire Safety

Learners attending the FIA’s Advanced Installer beta course are the first candidates to achieve a qualification in Fire Detection and Alarm Installation.

Fire Industry Association to assess current fire market conditions

The Fire Industry Association (FIA) is to carry out a large-scale survey to assess the current market conditions within the UK fire market

Willmott Dixon continues to encourage colleagues to talk about mental health

Willmott Dixon has launched its second infographic as part of its All Safe Minds mental fitness campaign, designed to keep its colleagues talking The new...

Fire safety in construction: Setting the agenda

Ryan Simmonds, Sales Director for Framing at voestalpine Metsec plc, explores the importance of only specifying framing materials that have been fire tested or assessed and the options available to the industry.

How to complete a fire risk assessment

With fire safety under the spotlight, Assessed Risk examines the key steps in carrying out a fire risk assessment that goes beyond box-ticking to ensure all bases are covered if the worst happens

Government pledges £100m to end homelessness by 2027

The government has released its rough sleeping strategy, vowing to offer rapid specialist assessments and support to 6,000 vulnerable people

Shell UK fined for health and safety breaches

Shell UK Ltd has been fined for health and safety breaches after a technician was struck by a cylinder and left severely injured on the Brent Delta offshore installation

What you need to know about installing fire detection and alarm systems

What do you need to know in order to safely and correctly install a fully functioning fire detection and alarm system in a building? A new qualification pathway from the Fire Industry Association aims to provide the answers

Self-employed worker fatalities ‘alarming’, says HCL Safety

Jonathan Seymour, Business Leader for HCL Safety, specialist sub-contractor in fall protection and part of MSA Safety, shares his view on the latest provisional statistics on fatalities at work by The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Protecting your building against fire: Fire safety and regulations

Roof Maker discuss the changes in fire regulations over time, and how you can ensure your building is protected.

Developer sentenced after building collapse

A Manchester-based property developer has been sentenced after the roof and part of the rear wall collapsed at one of his properties during demolition works

Building a safe and healthy workplace

Lloyd's Register looks into the new international standard for occupational health and safety, ISO 45001, which aims to prevent work-related injury and ill-health, and to provide a safe and healthy workplace.

Asbestos risk management: Identification, monitoring and removal

Asbestos may have been long since banned in the construction of new buildings but exposure to this hazardous material is still a very real risk for many working in the industry. Louise Hosking, director of Hosking Associates, looks at how to manage that risk

Contractor, client and director found guilty of breaching health and safety regulations

Real estate company and contractor have been convincted for breaching health and safety regulations for a building site on Gladesmore Road, London.

Fire safety in construction: Setting the agenda

Ryan Simmonds, Sales Director for Framing at voestalpine Metsec plc, explores the importance of only specifying framing materials and fire safety work including the many options available to the industry.

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