Gujarat govt to bring 8 municipal corporations under Gujarat Fire Prevention & Life Safety Act

The Gujarat government has issued notifications that will bring all the eight municipal corporations in the state under the…

Delhis record of 150 deaths due to fires in 2019 is citys highest toll in five years

Fatalities in blazes -- be it in residential buildings, commercial structures or in vehicles -- in the national capital were…

Fire safety audit to be held every fortnight at Odisha COVID facilities

The Directorate of Fire Services, Odisha, has ordered a fire safety audit in all Covid facilities once every fortnight.Director-…

Fire safety checks hit record low in England

Fire services conduct fire safety checks (audits) on most public buildings and the shared areas of residential properties such as…

Thousands of UK flat owners can't sell due to fire safety holdup

Thousands of flat owners face months, possibly years, of being unable to sell or remortgage because they cannot get hold of new…

Fire inspection of Delhi guesthouses and hotels to begin again

After a five-month gap due to the Covid outbreak, Delhi Fire Services (DFS) is set to resume inspections of restaurants and…

Extend deadline for new fire safety norms till March 2021: Hotel owners

As hotels and guesthouses in the capital gear up to reopen after a lull of five months, owners of such establishments have a new…

5 Singapore malls breached fire safety rules after COVID-19 access control measures introduced

Five shopping malls were found to have padlocked several exit doors during recent enforcement checks, breaching fire safety…

90% hospitals in Hyderabad are not fire-safety compliant

In an alarming development, it has come to notice that most hospitals in Hyderabad are functioning in dangerous conditions,…

W Bengal orders fire safety audit of all Covid facilities in state

Shaken by the fire in a Covid-19 hospital in Ahmedabad in which eight people were killed, the West Bengal government has started…

New £100m NHS intensive care unit shut over fire safety fears

A newly built A?100m intensive care unit at an NHS hospital has been closed after it failed fire safety checks, leading to…

CISF carries out fire safety audit of Delhi''s largest COVID-19 facility

A team of experts from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has carried out a fire safety audit of the newly created over…