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  1. Sprinklers in the workplace: fire safety strategy

    Sprinklers should be considered as merely one component part of a total fire safety strategy, which is tailored to the existing and projected needs of a building. They have significant benefits to offer in suppressing fire until those best trained to deal with major incidents are on the scene to extinguish th...

    Briefing | 7 Nov 2007

  2. The world in your hands?

    workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network A new decade: It's now in your hands inSide thiS iSSue JAN/FEB 2010 Issue 52 Strike action Wonderful Copenhagen? Analysis of the discussions and decisions reached during the Climate Change conference. interview: Ali Moran, Chair of the BIFM Peop...

    Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010

  3. Buncefield disaster: the aftermath and what you can learn from it

    workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network the aftermath and what you can learn from it BUNCEFIELD spECIaL IssUE disaster Buncefield The planner Peter Power on Olympic-sized emergencies, and what to do about them. MAY 2009 Issue 47 Evacuate! The contingency plans to save city centre bus...

    Magazine issue | 5 May 2009

  4. 3 strikes and your fire's not out!

    workplacelaw 3 The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network The Fire Service takes a 'Boy who cried Wolf' approach to managing workplace false alarms strikes and your fire's not out! INSIDE THIS ISSUE NOVEMBER 2007 Issue 32 NEW: Partner profile "I was meant to be a weatherman" Dale Collins, Solicitor Adv...

    Magazine issue | 8 Nov 2007

  5. London’s burning, where’s the engine?

    workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace OCTOBER 2006 ISSUE 21 London's burning, Fire safety law reform: filling in the missing pieces engine? where's the Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 & 2006 ­ interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 - business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMIS...

    Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2006

  6. The burning issue

    ...ulations stipulate set distances between fire extinguishers, but with the new approach employers can negotiate and discuss their needs. If they want to achieve a longer escape time simply putting in more extinguishers may not work, but they can negotiate an acceptable alternative such as putting in sprinklers to contain a fire until people can escape.' He points out that business continuity is an important idea informing the new legislation. As a Workplace Law Network forum discussion recently highlighted, some of the media has been talking up the idea of extra costs that employers will have to face in ...

    Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2005

  7. Consultation on Building Regulations proposes important changes to fire safety

    Key improvements to fire safety lies at the heart of a Government consultation which highlights the potential use of sprinklers and more help for firefighters to deal with fires in tall buildings. The four-month Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) consultation, Proposals for Amending Part B (Fire Safety) of the Building Regulations, is proposing to revise fire safety aspects of the Building Regulations (Part B), and...

    News | 21 Jul 2005

  8. ‘Designing out’ fire could save

    ... the devastating social impact of fire." The ABI welcomed a proposal made by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) for insurers to be consulted at the building design phase, to ensure "the most effective fire protection". It also supported a possible provision for the installation of sprinklers in buildings over 30 metres in height. The ABI stressed that this "should not lead to an assumption that buildings under 30 metres tall do not need sprinklering." However, at the Fire Safety Conference , Mark Hillier pointed out that the BRE Trust (formerly the Foundation for the Built Environm...

    News | 1 Dec 2005

  9. Business fire claims continue to rise

    Terry, Thanks for your reply and comments. As you have quite rightly pointed out the risk of arson and geographic location CAN be linked; however, these geographics can be isolated to “hot spot areas” in an otherwise relatively non offending area. The “threat” of arson is not always directly proportional to function as you say but is ONE factor amongst many; t...

    Comment | 16 Sep 2009

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