Tag: Fire Safety

New app rates fire safety of homes

Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service has launched its first ever app, called Risk Rater, which allows residents to check how fire safe their homes...

More resources required for fire safety: Rijiju

Union Minister KirenRijiju has stressed on the need for allocation of more resources and modernisation of fire services besides providing proper equipment for firemen...

Fire Safety Equipment market to be worth $43.60 Billion by 2022

The global fire safety equipment market is expected to reach USD 43.60 billion by 2022, according to a new report by Grand View Research,...

Ahmedabad steps up drive to seal high rises without fire safety

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) intensified its drive against high rises that failed to install fire safety equipment in their premises. The AMC action...

Devon fire safety firm wins £15m Heathrow airport contract

A Devon fire safety company has won a £15 million maintenance contract with Heathrow airport. Trinity Fire & Security Systems is celebrating the multimillion...

Violating fire safety norms in Gujarat to incur fine up to...

The Gujarat state government has brought into effect the regulations of the Gujarat Fire Prevention & Life Safety Act from February 22 making it...

New UAE fire safety code will prosecute suppliers of unapproved materials

Manufacturers who sell building materials not approved by civil defence and municipalities will for the first time face prosecution once a new fire safety...

Process to give more teeth to fire safety act starts

With newer challenges emerging due to changes in the state’s industrial structures and considering lessons and experiences from major and minor fire incidents, the...

Loopholes in CSEZ’s fire safety mechanism

A fire safety audit by the Department of Fire and Rescue Services in Kerala has revealed major lapses in the fire safety mechanism in...

Fire safety in Telangana: ‘one-time exemption’ misused

The Telangana Government is ready with its own version of Building Penalisation Scheme (BPS) to regularise unauthorised constructions, but perhaps, it has to first...