On 31 May and 1 June 2022 the EFSN and BAFSA will co-host Fire Sprinkler International in London. Over two days, delegates will be offered a choice of over 40 presentations covering a wide range of water-based fire suppression topics. We

The world's first sprinkler monument has been inaugurated in Alcobendas, near Madrid. A project led by Emilio Rodriguez of Pacisa, a leading Spanish sprinkler installer, the 2 m high brone statue stands on a roundabout at the entry to a

German media report that a fire in a waste recycling centre was quickly extinguished by the fire brigade. What they do not mention, but we have learned from EFSN member Tim Neuman, is that this facility suffered major fires in

Italian media report that a fire on 29 August has destroyed Torre dei Moro, an 18-storey apartment building in Milan. The fire is claimed to have started in an apartment on the 15th floor whose occupants were away. The fire

Swedish media report that a fire has destroyed 200 cars in an above ground car park in Märsta, north of Stockholm. The fire brigade was called at about 02:00 on 26th August. Kurt Holm of the fire brigade said that

Independent research funded by Research England has found that those in apartment buildings are twice as likely to die or be injured by fire as residents of houses. The researchers also found that 2.3% of fires in apartment buildings spread

Much has been written about facade fire safety and facade fires since the Grenfell Tower disaster four years ago. At least one of the causes appears to be ignorance. At a recent conference in The Netherlands one speaker claimed that

North Wales Fire & Rescue Service reports that they were called to a fire in an apartment building in Flint at 17:42 on 5 June. On arrival, firefighters found that two sprinklers had operated to extinguish a fire in an

Dutch media report that on Sunday afternoon, 23 May a fire broke out in the storage area of the Babypark shop in Kesteren. On arrival, fire crews discovered that two sprinklers had operated and extinguished the fire. A converter for

Sprinklerfrämjandet, the Swedish sprinkler association, has published sprinkler shipment figures for 2020. 756,102 sprinklers were shipped in Sweden in 2020, a fall of 7% from 2019. Of those, 47,763 were residential sprinklers, an increase of 20%. Considering how COVID has hit