11 October 2018
An independent sprinkler design report, which aims to provide those involved in the design and construction supply chain with useful and helpful information on the design implications of automatic sprinklers, has achieved CPD accreditation. Produced by global engineering consultancy WSP,...
22 August 2018
The Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA) has welcomed calls from the London Fire Brigade (LFB) for mandatory sprinklers in all new build schools, after new figures show that fires...
17 April 2018
The Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA) will be participating in a question time panel debate on the future of the UK Building Regulations. Entitled ‘The Future of Building Regulations...
26 March 2018
A recently-opened unsprinklered warehouse in Daventry is being demolished and will be rebuilt following a devastating fire in the early hours of March 12th. Despite more than 50...
12 March 2018
Fire sprinklers provide automatic and immediate onsite protection. To make an informed choice, it is critical that organisations understand the risks and consider the benefits that fire sprinklers...
8 February 2018
The newly rebuilt Academy Selsey will not have sprinklers installed, the trust that runs it has confirmed. With hundreds of schools in the UK having a fire each...
1 February 2018
After a car was set alight in an arson attack in Chard, an automatic sprinkler system activated and suppressed the fire in a car port area, stopping it...
18 January 2018
A fire that engulfed a multi-storey in King’s Dock, Liverpool, destroying over 1,600 vehicles, could have been stopped if sprinklers had been fitted in the building, the area’s...
17 November 2017
In a week where sprinklers have saved one of the UK’s largest shopping centres and a major paper mill from devastating fires, the topic of their use to...
16 November 2017
The Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA) has welcomed the news that developer Derwent London is set to make greater use of Clerks of Works following a successful trial at...
10 November 2017
This week Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party, delivered a speech as part of an initiative entitled ‘Make Homes Safe’. During the speech, he called on Government to...