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A third and final report from the Competence Steering Group urges industry to embrace new standards and frameworks and sets out the Group’s future. The Competence Steering Group (CSG) was the cross-sector group charged with raisingstandards for those working in safety-critical occupations in the wake of the Grenfell tower fire. Many Federation members contributed to …
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is taking enforcement action and warning consumers about a brand of e-bike battery – UPP – that has been linked to a number of fires across England. OPSS is taking enforcement action and warning consumers about a dangerous e-bike battery manufactured by a company called UPP. Further …
In early December the HSE published a Building Safety Regulator enforcement policy statement (https://www.hse.gov.uk/building-safety/enforcement-policy.htm). Since then, the final piece of secondary legislation for the in-occupation phase has passed through the Parliamentary process. The Minister will now sign this and the associated outstanding legislation after his return from Christmas recess. Shortly thereafter all the outstanding provisions …
The successful delivery of a national for strategy will require multiple partners to collaborate and coordinate their activity across the breadth of the fire safety landscape. There is no doubt that this will attract added complexity and greater urgency when the Grenfell Inquiry recommendations are published early next year. It is clearer than ever that the success of the …
This autumn we enter yet another important improvement phase for building safety. Dame Judith Hackitt’s proposals, captured after her independent review of the inadequate situation existing prior to the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy has, precipitated many such actions. These included encouraging industry to self-motivate its own progress; something that has resonated strongly with fire risk …
The Annual FIRE Conference will return later this year, taking place on Tuesday 17 October at The Institution of Engineering and Technology in London. Developed by leading bodies within fire safety, this year’s instalment will address sustainability, new legislation and leading the future of fire safety in a time of unprecedented change. Organised by the …
The Fire Sector Federation has published a new Industry Benchmark Standard for Fire Risk Assessors to provide practical guidance for assessors who want to understand the application of fire risk assessment across a range of buildings. The aim is to support the delivery of comparable standards across the sector. The standard has been developed by the Federation’s …
It is with profound sadness we announce the passing of Jonathan O’Neill OBE. Jon O’Neill, as he was known throughout the whole fire sector, has died after several years of illness. An inspirational leader in his determination to improve fire safety Jon joined the Fire Protection Association in 1999, was a founder of Federation in …
The European Fire Sprinkler Network is very supportive of the FSF position paper. Acting on behalf of all its members in this way is the purpose of the Fire Sector Federation. The paper makes powerful points, identifying failings in our current national approach to fire safety and making some excellent suggestions to improve matters. It …
Last December HSE held the inaugural meeting of the Building Advisory Committee (BAC) established under the Building Safety Act, to advise and inform the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) chaired by the HSE’s Chief Inspector of Buildings, Peter Baker. The BAC along with the Residents’ Panel and the Industry Competence Committee, which are now being established, …