Fire Extinguishers, Fire Safety and Personal Protection Products

Welsh boost for the Sprinkler Industry?
In what has been hailed as a landmark decision in Fire Safety the Welsh Assembly members voted on Wednesday 27th Jan this year to make the installation of automatic fire sprinklers compulsory in all new build homes in Wales. The euphoria amongst the proponents may well be short lived as the Welsh vote is only the first step and now needs to be formally approved in both houses of Westminster before the legislation can receive Royal assent. Allocating parliamentary time this side of the General... read more

Burns Night
It may be a fairly tenuous semantic link to Fire and Safety but yesterday saw the passing of Burns Night. This is not a ritual setting fire to the Scottish nations indispensable kitchen accessory the chip pan, but a celebration of the birth of Robert (nay Rabbie) Burns, Scotland's most celebrated son, poet and lyricist. Not withstanding my role as a dispenser of the accumulated wisdom of fire protection and personal safety it cannot hurt to offer some insight into this 200 year old tradition.... read more

Tall stories
A news item that by chance landed on my desk set the old blood boiling again. Now anyone reading this blog will be familiar with Fire Risk Assessments, the central plank of the new Fire Safety Legislation - i.e. the LAW. I have repeatedly warned that the Fire Inspection Officers are on the hunt for Businesses that fail to complete and act on a Risk Assessment, for which the business must foot the bill.  Some pretty heavy fines have been imposed on the non believers. The Legislation has been in... read more

Risk Assessment
It is fair to say that most Brits are now just about full to the back teeth with the winter weather. It has dominated every news channel for days on end and all small talk seems to start with a comment on the state of the snow, how cold it is or how long it will last. The effects of the snow on our daily lives has exposed the more bizarre consequences of our risk averse society. Schools closed because of the risk that teachers and children may hurt themselves getting to school. Even if the sc... read more

The New Year Slips In
Bringing in the New Year always cheers me up. Unusually for us, we had a quiet night in with the Tele and a bottle or two but nevertheless it was still satisfying to count down Big Ben and know we had turned the celestial corner and were heading back into Spring. (I know technically it was the 21st Dec, but for me New Year is a better marker) Not like it feels anything other than Polar outdoors. Most of northern Europe and great swathes of North America are also enduring their worst winter in... read more