A leading construction safety body has raised concerns about fire safety competence in care homes, following two serious incidents.

Firestopping solutions manufacturer Quelfire has launched a campaign and white paper to shift the narrative and promote an open conversation about embracing responsibility for fire safety.

With significant fires in multi-storey car parks over the last five years, why are we not learning from these and looking to protect these buildings with sprinklers, asks Iain Cox.

CIOB and RIBA have produced A Guide to Managing Safety-Critical Elements in Building Construction.

The fire which caused the partial collapse of a car park at London Luton Airport last week shows why sprinklers should be a requirement, a fire safety organisation has said.

The blaze which ripped through a car park at Luton Airport this week, leading to its partial collapse, has prompted safety warnings from fire industry experts.

Housing secretary Michael Gove has sent Camden Council a stern letter after the Regulator of Social Housing found fire safety breaches in thousands of homes across the London Borough.

Updated guidance from façade engineering groups aims to provide greater clarity on fire safety requirements for cladding and external walls.

Six companies are being prosecuted by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service over a fire at a care home in 2019, following a four-year investigation.

LFB is supporting proposals by the government to make it mandatory for new residential buildings above 30 metres to have a minimum of two staircases to improve building safety.

CIOB has written to Michael Gove, Secretary of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), requesting a meeting about fire safety rules for care homes.

An initial investigation into the fire at the Jenners building in Edinburgh city centre Monday (23 January) suggests the damage is localised.

The Fire Safety (England) Regulations come into force on 23 January. Stephanie Geesink, Of Counsel, and Dom Turner-Harriss, Associate at WFW explain.

FCIOB calls for change to safety regulations governing care homes after mother-in-law’s death in fire. Will Mann reports.

FCIOB Steven Miles and his wife Claire have been campaigning to change the regulations on fire safety in care homes.

Fire chiefs have warned that the ambition to build homes quickly and sustainably using modern methods of construction (MMC) should not come at the expense of building safety.

A training company has developed the first formal qualifications in passive fire protection inspection of their kind.

Insulation manufacturer Rockwool has issued technical guidance to specifiers, architects and contractors on the use of bonded construction materials and their Euroclass reaction-to-fire rating.