A fire raged through a warehouse in Lancashire requiring eight fire engines and an aerial platform to tackle the blaze at its height. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Services confirmed the fire, which took place on April 1st, completely destroyed a...
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Sprinkler Design Report achieves CPD Certification
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...
BSA welcomes calls from London Fire Brigade for sprinklers to be mandatory in new build schools
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...
BSA to participate in Building Magazine regulation debate
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...
New warehouse destroyed by blaze had no sprinklers
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...
#ThinkSprinkler – The benefits of sprinkler systems
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...
A lesson in 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...
Sprinkler system suppresses fire in Somerset car port following arson attack
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...
Sprinklers could have stopped Liverpool car park blaze claims Fire Chief
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...
Sprinklers make headlines at Prime Ministers questions
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...
BSA welcomes developer’s use of clerk of works
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...