Brannteknisk Forening, the Norwegian Fire Industry Association, has published the shipment statistics for 2020. The market was almost flat, declining by 0.7%, which is a good result considering the circumstances. 824,398 sprinklers and water mist nozzles were installed, with water

News media report that four people have been killed in a fire in the Matei Bals Hospital in Bucharest. The hospital is one of the country's major centres for treatment of COVID-19. The fire service was called at about 03:00

In Scotland the Daily Record reported that firefighters were called at 16:45 on 22 January to a fire at St Maria Goretti Primary School in Cranhill in the east of Glasgow. Since 2007 Scotland has required sprinklers in all new

Spanish media report that a fire in the Adorea home for the elderly in Seville has killed one woman, severely injured five other people and hospitalised 21 people in total. The fire was reported at 22:30 on 5 January and 160

In a letter to the Fire Sector Federation, which brings together all the UK's diverse fire industries, Lord Greenhalgh, Minister for Building Safety, Fire and Communities, clarified the UK's position on CE-marking and the the UKCA mark for construction products.

Austrian news outlets report that today, fire has destroyed the Top Mountain Crosspoint Motorcycle Museum in Timmelsjoch. The fire was reported at about 04:00 on 18 January. The museum was largely made of wood and was unsprinklered. Unsurprisingly, it was

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

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

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

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