Category Archives: Domestic

Derbyshire Fire & Rescue continue to invest in sprinkler campaign

Posted on December 17, 2012 by admin

Derbyshire Fire & Rescue, together with Derbyshire County Council, have long been leading advocates in the promotion of domestic and residential fire sprinklers.  Having already agreed to provide £200,000 funding in March 2012 for the retrofitting of sprinklers in domestic … Continue reading →

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Sprinklers Stop Fire: Residential Tower Block, Leeds

Posted on December 17, 2012 by admin

Crews for West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service were called to a tower block at Scargill Grange, Leeds on 14/12/12  following reports of a fire. A fire service spokesman said: “The report was of a fire in a lift shaft. … Continue reading →

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Ignoring CFOA report “would be tantamount to negligence”

Posted on December 3, 2012 by admin

A report commissioned by the Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA) and undertaken by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) was officially launched on November 15, 2012. The report concludes that residential sprinklers as additional safety measures are cos-effective for: all residential … Continue reading →

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Fatal flat fire prompts fresh new-build sprinklers call

Posted on December 1, 2012 by admin

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service has repeated calls for changes to building regulations that would see sprinkler systems in all newly-built homes. The move comes following the death of 63-year-old Susan Walker, who was fatally injured when a fire tore … Continue reading →

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Sprinklers Stop Fire: Domestic Apartment, Brunswick Place, Hove

Posted on November 9, 2012 by admin

East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service report that an automatic fire sprinkler system successfully extinguished a fire in the kitchen of a domestic apartment in Brunswick Place, Hove.  The 5 floor property is leased by B&H City Council and is … Continue reading →

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BBC Report on CFOA Campaign for Domestic Sprinklers

Posted on June 18, 2012 by admin

The report (click here) includes coverage of Derbyshire Fire and Rescue’s recent sprinkler awareness demonstration as well as footage of the Callow Mount retrofit project.Derbyshire F&RS’s campaign includes promotion of CFOA’s e-petition.    

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Wales to enforce Domestic Sprinkler Legislation

Posted on May 30, 2012 by admin

Legislation passed by the Welsh Parliament on February 16th 2011 is to be enforced by September 2013, the Welsh Government announced today. Environment Minister John Griffiths said today he was pressing ahead with the scheme: “We must seek to prevent avoidable death … Continue reading →

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Safer Suffolk Fire Sprinkler Coalition

Posted on May 11, 2012 by admin

Suffolk Fire & Rescue hosted a seminar aimed at promoting fire sprinkler systems and dispelling some of the incorrect myths associated with them.  Guest keynote speakers included: Local MP for Lowestoft Peter Aldous, who himself is an advocate of Fire … Continue reading →

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Sprinklers Stop Fire: Humberside Domestic property

Posted on May 7, 2012 by admin

Fire chiefs in Hull have praised a domestic sprinkler system for saving the life of an elderly woman just under five weeks after it was fitted. Humberside Fire and Rescue Service was called to a house in Spring Bank at … Continue reading →

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Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service Demonstrate Sprinkler Benefits

Posted on April 27, 2012 by admin

Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service recently hosted a press event demonstrating the effectiveness of domestic fire sprinkler system.  ITV Granada reported on the event:

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