In order for a fire evacuation to be safe, everyone should ideally be out within 2 minutes of the alarm ringing or the fire starting. This short span of time is crucial – and can be all that stands between ...

Placing the emphasis on safety and security, we at Door Controls Direct understand the unique requirements of the fire safety and building industries. We pride ourselves on being your dependable source for comprehensive fire-rated door solutions and quality, compliant door ...

Housing association Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) has appointed energy and regeneration specialist, Equans, to undertake an upgrade and investment programme at the Paragon estate in Brentford. Those who previously lived at Paragon were successfully supported to find new homes following ...

A new white paper has been published highlighting the challenges and, importantly, potential solutions, in protecting garages containing electric vehicles from the threat of fire. The paper, published by Siemens, has been co-written with Danfoss Fire Safety A/S, a pioneer ...

Kent-based property service specialist, DMA Group, has been awarded a major fire compliance project worth in excess of £2 million at the Port of Dover. The project will see DMA Group undertaking repairs and improvements as part of the Ports ...

Industrial fire detection specialist Patol has reported an increase in the use of its ASD 531 aspirating smoke detection system as a cost-effective option for protecting smaller applications from the threat of fire. The ASD 531 is part of the ...

Doorfit has an enviable reputation for specifying and supplying high quality products in the areas of architectural ironmongery, timber doorsets, entrance doors and garage doors. Doorfit’s deep and extensive experience with architectural ironmongery has been wrapped into a new product ...

The latest Government Consultation on fire safety in residential buildings considers whether buildings over 30m in height should be designed and built with two staircases. Conor Logan, Technical Director at Colt, assesses how this could affect smoke control design Throughout ...

Conor Logan, Colt’s Technical Director, with a guide to maintaining aov (automatic opening vent) maintenance An ‘AOV’ or ‘Automatic Opening Vent’ is a smoke or fire vent that will open and close automatically when triggered by a control system to ...

One of the UK’s best known supermarket chains has chosen Patol Ltd and Securiton Aspirating Smoke Detection (ASD) to protect a significant investment in expanding the retailer’s online offering. Fulfilment Centres are the latest development designed to help revolutionise online ...