Fire Safety Training
We are frequently contacted by bewildered business owners about fire safety training requirements. Mike unravels the essential info.
Explaining the Responsible Person
Many business owners have a vague idea they might be responsible if there is a fire at their business. They know they might get in trouble with the law if they haven’t got the right things in place. But most don’t really know what a responsible person means and the…
Hard Day’s Night Hotel fire sees hotel evacuated
FIREFIGHTERS were this afternoon battling a blaze at Liverpool's Hard Days Night hotel. Fire broke out on the fifth floor of the luxury Beatles-themed hotel at around 1.15pm. The hotel was evacuated as four fire engines and an aerial appliance battled to quell the flames, shown on our picture below…
Belfast hostel owner prosecuted over fire safety offences
A Belfast hostel owner has been prosecuted and fined for breaching fire safety legislation - an outcome welcomed by the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS). The Linen House Hostel, Kent Street, owner was taken to court relating to eight charges of fire safety and was last month prosecuted…
Investigations underway after fire exit blaze tackled
The dangers of obstructing fire exits were again highlighted last week after firefighters were called out to a blaze in the stairwell of a block of flats in Leicestershire. One woman was checked over by paramedics because of smoke inhalation after the incident last Thursday (January 31st) in Rutland Street,…
Fire Involving Flat And Roof Tackled By Firefighters In Hoylake Road, Moreton
Hoylake Road, Moreton. Firefighters have extinguished a fire involving the roof space of a flat above a shop. Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service was called at 9.13pm on Tuesday, February 5, to Hoylake Road, Moreton, on the Wirral. The fire involved the first floor and roof space of two properties…
Dishwasher Fire Extinguished In Moreton
Firefighters extinguished a fire involving a dishwasher. Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service was called at 3.43pm to Amberley Avenue, near Saughall Road, Moreton, on Sunday, February 3. The fire involving the dishwasher located in a ground floor kitchen of a property was extinguished by firefighters by 3.59pm. The dishwasher was…
One hundred firefighters tackle Glasgow city centre blaze
A huge inferno was tackled by firefighters in Glasgow city centre on Sunday morning (February 3rd), taking nearly four hours to get under control. Indeed, some 100 firefighters and fire safety officers attended the scene in Dixon Street after a former bedding shop went up in flames at 01.50 GMT.…
DJ admits playing fire song after reporting blaze
A DJ has told of his panic after telling listeners about a horror blaze at a block of flats - then airing chart hit Girl Is On Fire. Real Radio’s Paul Harper, 31, committed the gaffe when he followed an update about a fire in Fountainbridge by playing the Alicia…