Building Fire Protection

The Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) has launched a technical guidance note, Guarding with frameless glass partitioning to help specifiers, designers, manufacturers and specialist contractors fully understand the unique challenges of utilising full height frameless glazed partitions as a barrier.

Every false fire alarm is costly, but in a post-COVID world, there is now even more pressure on the leisure, retail, and hospitality industries to prevent false alarms in their premises.

False fire alarms on the rise across NHS Trusts False fire alarms…

ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions is stressing the need for greater awareness of fire safety in education buildings, with a large percentage of fire doors in schools found to be non-compliant while undergoing inspections.

Simply stated, special hazard fire protection are fire suppression systems that are used to protect property and life from fire in situations where a traditional automatic fire sprinkler system may be inappropriate, or even hazardous.

Latest research conducted with UK heating engineers identified a significant increase in the number of dangerous appliances across the nation being installed or poorly maintained due to the repercussions of Covid-19.

A hat-trick of fire protection solutions from Advanced, is now installed at a sought-after, mixed-use development just metres from the Emirates Stadium, home to premiership football club, Arsenal.

K-Mesh, a next-generation wireless fire detection technology from Kentec Electronics is winning deserved praise from the installer of a new system protecting the historic Chester Cathedral.

The project management team specified Securiton’s sensitive SecuriSmoke ADS 535 detectors and intelligent SecuriLink UMS safety management system.

Two fault-tolerant networks of MxPro 5 fire panels from UK manufacturer, Advanced, have been installed as part of a fire system upgrade at the Manor House & the Ashbury Hotels in Devon.