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  Carbon Monoxide from Barbecue ‘clothes dryer’ poisons family

  [skus]DET014CMD2,DET014CMD1[/skus] Six members of a family including four young children were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after their grandmother set up a barbecue in the familys kitchen...

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  Fire Safety in the Home Quiz

  Test your knowledge of fire safety in the home with our fire safety quiz. You may be surprised by some of the answers but they may prompt you to review your home safety provision 1. Approximately ...

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  Carbon Monoxide charity raises the alarm

  [skus]DET014CMD1,DET014CMD2[/skus] This week from 19th to 26th November marks the launch of Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week an annual event organised by Lynn Griffiths the founder of the Carbon Mon...

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  A guide to Fire Safety Compliance

  [skus]LOG014A5,POS035HSLL,BLA0141010EK40[/skus] For the majority of business owners and managers the day to day challenges of keeping the business healthy and profitable are understandably their nu...

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  Give Fire Fighters a head start to save your business

  [skus]CAB144CHSPIB[/skus] A fire either accidental or deliberate is a nightmare scenario for any business. It’s not just the inconvenience and loss of trade but the potential loss of business crit...

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  Emergency Evacuation of Residential Homes

  Over the weekend I had occasion to visit the care home where my mother in law now resides. She is heading gracefully towards her 99th birthday and we fully expect her to join the ranks of centenari...

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  Are you prepared for another arctic winter?

  Oh dear. Having basked in Mediterranean sunshine over the weekend I rose this morning to find autumn had arrived. Looking back to the dreadful late autumn and winter weather experienced over the l...

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  Fines for fire safety breaches are inconsistant

  Two recent cases where big high street names have been successfully prosecuted for breaches of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRO) appear to show that a postcode lottery applies to the ...

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  Target fire safety effort where it counts.

  On the 30th May the Welsh assembly announced that from September 2013 fire sprinkler systems must be installed in all new build housing and refurbishment projects in Wales. This follows legislation...

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  Is Dry Powder a catch all for ADR Vehicles?

  [skus]EXT002AP1,EXT002AP2,EXT002PSP3[/skus] Recently a Sainsbury’s tanker caught fire in Whitby, North Yorkshire, not far from the superstore while fully-laden with almost 40,000 litres of fuel. Th...

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  Fire Risk Assessment Proves its worth.

  Recently a refreshingly common sense judgement by the Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor regarding a dispute over an alleged non-compliance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRO) helped cl...

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  Wet Chemical Fire Extinguishers not a catch all solution

  [skus]EXT002CO22,EXT002CO25,EXT002CO25ST[/skus] I visited the local Sunday market this week and in passing a stall I noticed a chap examining a fire extinguisher. The stall was typical car boot fo...

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