News

April 2011

29/04/2011

 28 Apr 2011

 

A fire in a Birmingham primary school has led to a full-scale evacuation of around 600 children, who were taking their lunchtime break.

March 2011

12/04/2011

Gorse Fires in NI up 158% Warns Fire & Rescue Service

Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) has revealed a staggering 158% increase in the number of Gorse Fires attended (5,902) in 2010 compared to the previous year

 

February 2011

21/02/2011

Who needs a Fire Risk Assessment?

January 2011

11/01/2011

Ensure you don’t get burned by fire safety legislation

 

Minister launches new Fire Safety legislation campaign

22/10/2010

Public Safety Minister Michael McGimpsey today launched a new public awareness campaign to raise awareness of a change in fire safety legislation.

New Fire Safety Legislation for businesses

21/10/2010

From 15 November 2010, all non-domestic premises must have in place a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment, carried out by a competent person.

The need for competent fire risk assessors

10/09/2010

Suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment?

The Energy Performance of Buildings- enforcement update

03/12/2009

EPC enforcement
 

From 3rd December 2009 the enforcement of Energy Performance Certificates became the responsibilty of district councils via building control departments. If an EPC and the associated recommendation report are not provided by the landlord,owner or builder of the property you can contact the relevant council and enforcement authority regarding this issue.

Delegates celebrated adoption of the Protocol in 1997. UNFCCC

27/04/2009

  
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions .These amount to an average of five per cent against 1990 levels over the five-year period 2008-2012.
The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005. 184 Parties of the Convention have ratified its Protocol to date. The detailed rules for the implementation of the Protocol were adopted at COP 7 in Marrakesh in 2001, and are called the “Marrakesh Accords.”