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A Guide to PPE for employers
We try to avoid too much technical nitty gritty of UK safety “lore” in this blog but having recently been asked to clarify the responsibilities of ...
Smoke and Mirrors
As a frequently stopped smoker and even more sadly, an avid reader of European and UK safety legislation I draw your attention to the announcement ...
The History of Fire Extinguishers as we know it – follow up
Regular readers of our Blog pages may remember a post entitled “The History of the Fire Extinguisher as we know it” back in April of 2009.The piece...
RRO enforcers get a taste of their own medicine
It is the irony of all ironies that on Monday, June 07, 2010 following a request under the freedom of information act, it was disclosed that Eland ...
Court of Appeal to rule on fairness of RRO sentence
The Court of Appeal is expected to issue new guidelines this week on the level of fines metered out for breaches of the RRO. The appeal is mounted ...
RRO raises millions in fines
At Southampton Crown Court on the 26th April the Co-operative Group was fined a whopping £210,000 after pleading guilty to half a dozen breaches of...
Avoidable Risk
The news this week has been dominated by the “fallout” from the volcanic eruption in Iceland, pushing the General Election jamboree into second pla...
Fired up for Summer
This Sunday last was a pleasant day, summer had arrived with the clocks moving forward on Saturday night and as if to underline the event we had a ...
The difference between water and water additive extinguishers
Chemical additives (like butyldiglycol, pronounced butyl-di-gly-col) when mixed with water increase the effectiveness of a water fire extinguisher by u...
Construction Sites under the spotlight
The fire performance of modern methods of construction used in timber frame buildings came under the spotlight at an insurance industry event earli...
Storage of Hazardous Substances
Much has already been said in these pages regarding Fire Risk Assessments but the legal requirements for Risk Assessments in your place of w...
Are Universities Safe?
A so called “secret” database held by the grandly named “Higher Education Funding Council for England” was published in the Guardian newspaper this...