Leading life-safety systems manufacturer, C-TEC, has launched a new CPD-certified seminar. Entitled “A Guide to BS 5839-6 2019 Domestic Fire Alarms”, this topical and very informative seminar highlights what’s new in the recently updated code of practice for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of fire detection and…
250,000th Allison Transmission is produced in Hungary
A quarter of a million fully automatic transmissions have been assembled by Allison Transmission’s Szentgotthárd plant Allison Transmission’s factory at Szentgotthárd in Hungary has assembled its 250,000th fully automatic transmission this week. The transmission was a 4000 SeriesTM Torqmatic model destined for…
Wembley care home where a resident died had been warned about fire safety failings
A care home where a resident died after a fire in his room had already been warned by London Fire Brigade about fire safety failings. Lee Valley Care Services in Wembley received a fine for just over £57,000 after pleading…
Vimpex vision is a global reality
Vimpex’s Identifire TriTone sounder has recently been certified by UL Laboratories, an important move that marks a strategically important development for Vimpex. The UL brand is recognised worldwide as a mark of quality, safety and reliability and gives Vimpex the opportunity to expand further into more export markets.…
Patol cements relationship with Cemex
Patol’s experience and expertise in protecting industrial environments from the threat posed by fire has seen the company supply its Linear Heat Detection Cable (LHDC) to one of the UK’s major producers of cement. Cemex is a manufacturer of a…
NIFRS Chairperson Wins UK ‘Champion for Women’ Award
Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) Chairperson, Carmel McKinney OBE, has won a UK ‘Champion for Women’ Award in the Rising Star Awards 2019. Carmel received the accolade in recognition of her work as a senior leader in actively supporting…
EXPO 2020 Opens New Doors for Jewers
Jewers Doors have just completed the installation of sixteen sets of Phoenix Swift bi-folding doors for the newly constructed Fire and Ambulance stations at the $15.5 billion EXPO 2020 Project in Dubai. EXPO 2020 is the first Exposition or World…
Baldwin Boxall joins FIA
Leading life safety and voice alarm expert, Baldwin Boxall, is pleased to announce that the company has recently become a member of the Fire Industry Association (FIA). With over 800 members, the FIA is the largest fire protection trade association…
HLM Completes NIFRS Service Support Centre
HLM, a leading design and architecture company with studios in Belfast, has completed works for Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue (NIFRS) on a ‘purpose built’ Service Support Centre, at Boucher Crescent, Belfast. The doors have opened on the £8.2m million…
Courts to take account of the total impact of crime in new arson guidelines
New sentencing guidelines that will see the courts take full account of the harm caused by offences such as arson attacks on historic buildings or criminal damage leading to severe disruption of public services were published today by the Sentencing…
