Major underground car park fire in Warsaw
At about 08:00 on Friday 16 October the Warsaw fire brigade was called to a fire in an underground car park at ul. Górczewska 181. For two hours 90 firefighters with 22 vehicles fought the fire. They evacuated 150 residents
Fire destroys two schools in two days
The BBC reports that fire destroyed a building at Ravendale Infant School in Derby, UK on 5 October and most of St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy on 3 October. Neither was fitted with sprinklers. Gavin Tomlinson, Chief Fire Officer for
Scotland requires sprinklers in new apartments and all new social housing
The Scottish Government has published The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 which will require all new apartments, new shared multi-occupancy residential buildings and all new social housing to be protected with sprinklers. The change will take effect on 1st March
Sprinklers control electric vehicle fire
On Tuesday morning, 1 September, fire broke out in an electric vehicle in the Marktplein car park in Epe, The Netherlands. The car park is protected with a sprinkler system which activated and controlled the fire. It is not yet
Sprinklers save Madame Tussauds Amsterdam
Dutch media report that early on Saturday morning, 22nd August, a fire broke out in Madame Tussauds on the Dam in Amsterdam. The fire started in a rubbish container in a storage area on the fourth floor. Fortunately the museum
Fatal Fire in German Care Home
rbb24 reports that a fire in a care home in Templin, 60 km north of Berlin, killed one resident and injured seven people, including four firefighters. One of the firefighters suffered severe burn injuries. The fire was reported at 16:50 on
British Government introduces requirement for sprinklers in apartments higher than 11 m
Today, 26 May, the British Government has published changes to its regulatory guidance for fire safety in buildings in England. The changes include a requirement for sprinklers to be fitted if the top floor is higher than 11 m. Previously
UK government formally commits to sprinklers in apartments above 11 m
Today, 2 April, the British goverment published 'A reformed building safety regulatory system'. This document sets out the many changes that have been and will be made to address the shortcomings identified following the Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017. Among
Paul Sincaglia is new IFSA Managing Director
On 1 March Paul Sincaglia became the new Managing Director of the International Fire Suppression Alliance, which today moved its address to Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Click here to learn more about Paul (scroll down to the announcement on 18 February).
Norway records second highest ever sprinkler shipments
Brannteknisk Forening, the Norwegian fire industry association, collects annual figures for the numbers of sprinklers and water mist nozzles sold in the country. In 2019 manufacturers sold 801,320 sprinklers, a reduction of 8% from 2018, a year which saw dramatic