On 15 June the Dutch government published updates to the building fire safety regulations.

Spain has drafted a decree to set out the requirements of individuals and companies engaged in the installation and maintenance of fire protection systems.

On 14 April over 120 delegates attended Istanbul 2015, the EFSN's first ever event in Turkey.

On 9th April EFSN France and the Fire Brigade for Departement 47 hosted a sprinkler seminar in Agen.

In 2014 700,036 sprinklers were sold in Norway, of which 145,501 were residential sprinklers.

BS 9991 Fire safety in the design, management and use of residential buildings - code of practice

Sprinklerfrämjandet, the Swedish Sprinkler Association, has published figures for the numbers of sprinklers sold in Sweden in 2014.

Many will remember the fire that closed the channel tunnel on 17 January. It was widely reported in the press

The BBC reports that a fire on 30th January has caused major damage to a new hospital which was due to open in April.

In its recent Panorama 3 programme, NDR included an article on care home fire deaths.