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 gap between the expectation of safety, the reality of building regulations and...
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...
5 October 2017
The Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA) will be chairing and participating in debates on fire sector competency and warehouse safety at the Fire Sector Summit, the leading industry conference...
27 September 2017
The Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA) has today released the first in a series of independent reports, produced by WSP, which aims to provide those involved in the design...
16 August 2017
Following the tragic events at Grenfell Tower the Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA) has welcomed the announcement that Building Regulations and fire safety are to undergo an independent review....