False fire alarms over Xmas ‘cost the economy £1 billion’
Siemens is warning UK businesses about the potential consequences of false fire alarms during the busiest period of the year. The electronics giant says false alarms from remotely-monitored fire detection and fire alarm systems cost the UK economy an estimated £1 billion in business disruption, with 95% of automatically-generated alarms being proved to be false, […]
Government bans use of combustible materials on high-rise homes
The government is banning combustible materials on new high-rise homes and giving support to local authorities to carry out emergency work to remove and replace unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding. Regulations have been laid in Parliament which will give legal effect to the combustible materials ban announced in the summer. The ban means combustible […]
