17 October 2019
Three-and-a-half years on from a destructive fire that engulfed a plastics manufacturer’s unsprinklered factory in Lancashire, the lasting effect is undeniable as the £50 million turnover business has gone into administration with the loss of 200 jobs. The fire at...
16 September 2019
JOHNSTON, R.I., USA—FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers, has awarded its second annual International Codes and Standards Advocacy Award to Iain Cox, chair of...
18 June 2019
A new online CPD certified presentation that looks at the benefits of automatic fire sprinklers has been created by the BSA (Business Sprinkler Alliance). The CPD – ‘Property...
16 May 2019
Following a report last week by BBC’s Watchdog highlighting the hundreds of new build homes which are a fire risk, we are once again reminded of the dangerous...
8 May 2019
Of the 673 new schools built and open under the government’s flagship school programme, only 105 were fitted with sprinklers. With hundreds of schools in the UK having...
28 March 2019
The Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA) has announced it is a proud supporter of FIREX International 2019, Europe’s leading fire safety event which is taking place at the ExCel...
15 February 2019
The recent fire at the Ocado Warehouse in Andover, Hampshire is clearly a significant and complex one. We understand that an automatic sprinkler system in combination with the...
10 January 2019
A fire that engulfed a four-storey self-storage warehouse in Croydon on New Year’s Eve, destroying 1198 rented units, has once again brought into sharp focus the wider impact...
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...
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...