Hotel Owner Turns a blind eye to fire safety
A court in Preston fined the former owner of the Plaza Beach Hotel in Blackpool £15,000 for multiple breaches of the Fire Safety Order that saw it treated as an unofficial HMO.
Use of Drones in Fire Safety
West Midlands Fire Service starts a 12-month trial of aerial drones to provide valuable footage to help with responding to fires and for fire investigations.
October 2021
GOVERNMENT STATISTICS SHOW COVID IMPACTS ON FIRE SAFETY WORK
The Home Office has published the latest fire prevention and protection statistics, showing a massive reduction in fire and rescue service activity during the pandemic.
The number of fire safety audits carried out by fire and rescue service inspecting officers fell 30 percent on the previous year to just over 34,000.
December 2022
UK and Scottish Government Ban Dahua & Hik Vision CCTV
Both the UK and Scottish governments have banned Hikvision plus other PRC providers from certain government usage for national security reasons, in a sea change for UK video surveillance.
January 2023
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