Fire Suppression Advice & Updates
27/01/2026
BS 8458 has now been withdrawn and replaced by BS EN 14972-17. This change brings water mist systems under a single European “Family of Standards,” which the UK is required to follow as a member of the European Committee for…
25/03/2025
There has been some confusion regarding the omission of water mist systems from BS 9991: 2024, leading some to believe that this standard excludes their use. However, this is not the case. The absence of a specific reference to water…
21/01/2025
Approved Document B: 2 March 2025 Changes In response to growing concerns about fire safety in high-risk settings, the UK government has introduced several updates to Approved Document B (AD: B), specifically targeting fire suppression requirements in care homes. Care…
21/09/2023
Since the Grenfell Tower disaster and subsequent investigations, the fire safety community has experienced continuous change. The introduction of the Building Safety Act 2022, particularly Section 156, marks the third phase of the Home Office’s efforts to enhance fire safety…
12/04/2023
What is the Fire Safety Law? The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) is the main piece of legislation governing fire safety in buildings in Scotland and Wales, which applies to all workplaces and common parts of buildings containing…
08/11/2022
We are proud to have obtained the ISO 14001 accreditation for our Environmental Management System – certified by BSI – underlining our commitment to sustainable solutions and our ESG credentials, with the help of Rachel Pollard and Matt Squires. Why?…
28/09/2022
We are delighted to be the first company to pass the FPA’s UKAS accredited BS 8458 Annex C residential and domestic watermist system test, which demonstrates the rigour of the test. Now we have passed it, we are unique in…
19/06/2020
The current law stipulates that residential properties over 30m high must have a fire suppression system installed. On May 2020, it was announced that from November 2020, this will be changing.
10/01/2020
Building Regulations see some drastic changes last year, with more push towards fire safety in properties. We're looking forward to more changes in 2020.