If you’re a leaseholder in a building that contains two or more sets of domestic premises, there’s a major new piece of legislation that you need to know about. Read on to find out everything you need to know about the Fire Safety Act 2021: buff.ly/3fmsJNp #firesafety

ITV News survey of 1,000 people affected by potential fire safety risks. The new findings show defects, including balconies and walkways made from combustible materials, defective fire breaks, ineffective fire doors and inadequate alarms: buff.ly/3ujIZmN #FireSafety

The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) Fire Door Alliance has launched an awareness campaign, Be Certain, Be Certified, to highlight the importance of third-party certification of fire doors in improving fire safety standards across the UK: buff.ly/2QfF7F8 #FireSafety

The Fire Safety Act amends the Fire Safety Order 2005 (FSO), and its purpose is to ensure that FSO applies to external walls and flat entrance doors in multi-occupied residential buildings: buff.ly/3h9Rqhp #FireSafetyBill

New homeowners are facing huge fire safety costs on newly bought flats despite receiving assurances that materials on their blocks were safe before completing their purchase, Inside Housing can reveal. buff.ly/3v0IGxR #firesafety

With new fire safety legislations demanding a renewed focus on safety in all residential settings, Karen Trigg of Allegion UK explains why care home and sheltered housing associations must prioritize the maintenance of fire doors: buff.ly/3e7VxqW #firesafety

A landlord and his management company have been hit with a more than £90,000 fine for a number of safety failings at a property in Hatfield: buff.ly/3g3T2c9 #firesafety

A property company and a landlord have each been found guilty of 27 charges relating to the management of two properties in Hertfordshire: buff.ly/3mDfjyu #firesafety

Landlords and managing agents of houses in multiple occupation (HMO) could face unlimited fines under new measures to be included in the Building Safety Bill, likely to come into force in 2022: lexology.com/library/detail.… #firesafety #grenfell #london

RESULTS FROM a survey conducted by fire safety technology manufacturer Geofire find that 53% of fire safety professionals have witnessed an increase in fire doors being wedged open since the start of the pandemic: fsmatters.com/Survey-shows-i… #firesafety

A TANDOORI restaurant in Oxfordshire has been fined more than £1,600 for breaching fire safety rules. Fire officers made an unannounced and found that owners failed to protect fire escape routes and were also unsufficient fire alarms inside: oxfordmail.co.uk/news/192041…

FIRE can exert a devastating effect on organisations, with statistics suggesting that around 70% of businesses fail within three years of a major fire episode. So many care-focused organisations are taking risks when it comes to fire safety? fsmatters.com/Care-organisat… #firesafety

People caught breaching fire safety regulations to face unlimited fines. Failing to record fire risk assessments also to become civil offence under strengthened new laws: building.co.uk/news/people-c… #firesafety

BUILDING OWNERS could now face unlimited fines for breaches of regulations following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the Home Office has announced: fsmatters.com/Unlimited-fine… #firesafety

The UK government has pledged to strengthen fire safety in all regulated buildings in England, both residential and commercial, in its response to last year’s fire safety consultation: pinsentmasons.com/out-law/ne… #firesafety

THE GOVERNMENT has published its 74-page response to the public Fire Safety Consultation process, duly providing a summary of the responses received and setting out the next steps to strengthen fire safety for all regulated buildings: fsmatters.com/Fire-Safety-Co… #firesafety

A LETTING agent that owns and manages two properties in Hatfield has been ordered to pay over £50,000 after pleading guilty to 18 offences relating to two houses in multiple occupation (HMOs): fsmatters.com/Hatfield-HMO-l… #firesafety

The lettings industry is facing a ticking time bomb over fire risk in residential blocks, a new report has highlighted just a few days before the government’s post-Grenfell Fire Safety Bill becomes law: thenegotiator.co.uk/fire-saf… #firesafety

Bristol pub fined £132k for breaching fire safety rules. A microbrewery in Bristol has been convicted after breaching health and safety regulations which led to a fire in 2018: ifsecglobal.com/fire-news/br… #firesafety

FIREFIGHTERS were called out last night following reports of a house fire at Hood Manor, Warrington, which had been caused by unattended candles: warrington-worldwide.co.uk/2… #firesafety