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Delhi Police HQ, LNJP Hospital denied fire safety clearance

The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) has denied fire safety certificate (FSC) renewals to two major public…

Transport buses in India to come with fire extinguishers and alarm systems

Transport buses in India will soon come equipped with safety systems such as fire detectors,…

Building plan key to fire safety: SK Dheri

The drawing board of an architect should be the starting point for the fire safety of a building…

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation plan for fire management in slums

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has initiated measures to devise a plan to deal effectively with possible fire…

£50k fine for London hotel after fire safety failings found including lack of sufficient fire doors and detectors

The owner of The Bank Hotel in Barking has been ordered to pay A?50,000 after they continued to take guests despite being issued…

Prosecutions for fire safety violations dropped by 98% in New York City

New York City has drastically reduced the number of criminal cases it pursues over serious fire safety violations, a review of…

Fire safety audit of all govt buildings in Goa commences

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that the government has already undertaken the process of conducting a fire safety…

Four-member panel formed to enforce fire safety norms for vulnerable buildings: Maharashtra to HC

The Maharashtra government has informed the Bombay High Court Monday that it has issued a government resolution (GR) to set up a…

False alarms make up 98% of automatic fire alarm confirmed incidents in 2020/21

In new data released by the UK Home Office on 11 August, statistics show that the vast majority (98%) of confirmed automatic fire…

Special drive of BMC's fire audit nails serious lapses in city nursing homes

A special drive of fire audit conducted by the BMC has found 441 nursing homes across the city to have not complied with the fire…

76 fire calls from Delhis three landfills in four years

There have been 76 fire calls from the three landfill sites in Delhi in four years, according to data submitted by the Delhi Fire…

Withdraw unscientific fire safety directives, or will have to shut down ICUs: AHNA

Strongly opposing notices issued to hospitals and nursing homes by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporations Fire and Emergency…

IIT Gandhinagar to augment 'Fire Safety Engineering' with a new fire testing lab and scholarly activities

The Indian Institute of Technology, IIT, Gandhinagar is going to augment its efforts in Fire Safety Engineering by establishing a…

Mumbai Fire Brigade sends reminders to societies, commercial establishments to complete safety audits

The Mumbai Fire Brigade has sent a reminder to societies and commercial establishments to complete their fire audit by the end of…

Special audit of all cinema halls, multiplexes in Gurugram for fire compliance soon

The Gurugram fire department will conduct an audit of all cinema halls and multiplexes in the city to check whether these…