Fire causes collapse of a car park in Paris
The Paris Fire Brigade has posted a video of a fire in an underground car park in Aubervilliers, which led to structural collapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-74Yu1fQSGY Two firefighters received minor injuries. French regulations now require sprinklers in new covered car parks but there are
Record sprinkler shipments in Norway
Brannteknisk Forening, the Norwegian Fire Industry Association, has published sprinkler and water mist nozzle shipment data for 2022. It was a record year, with the total number of sprinklers sold increasing by 15% to 902,767. Of these, 22% were residential
Record sprinkler shipments in Sweden
Sprinklerfrämjandet, the Swedish sprinkler association, has released its annual sprinkler statistics report. 2022 was another record year, with 913,526 sprinklers sold. 4% were residential sprinklers. Read more
High numbers of deaths and injuries in German healthcare facilities
bvfa, the German fire protection trades association, has for several years used press reports to collect statistics on fire deaths and injuries in German healthcare facilities. It found that at least 20 deaths and 470 injures occured in 2022. These
10 killed by fire in apartment building near Lyon
French media report that a fire in an apartment building in Vaulx-en-Velin, a suburb on Lyon in France, has killed 10 people, of whom five were children, and severely injured four more. 11 others were less seriously injured, including two
EFSN is 20 today!
20 years ago today, on 6 December 2002, I received confirmation of the company registration of the European Fire Sprinkler Network. I could then make all the other arrangements for the EFSN to start operating on 1 February 2003 -
Daily fire injuries in German healthcare facilities
The German fire protection trade association, bvfa, has collated news alerts about fires in healthcare facilities. These are fires large enough to become newsworthy. Through to the end of October 2022 there were 141 such fires in Germany, leading to
Fire Sprinkler Europe 2022 – Rome a great success
On 28 September over 90 delegates attended a one-day bilingual conference in Rome, jointly hosted by the EFSN and the Italian Chapter of the SFPE. Speakers included representatives from the Fire Brigade headquarters who gave a brief overview of Italian
Dutch car parks to be protected with sprinklers
On 13 September the Dutch government published a royal decree that introduced a regulation for sprinklers to be fitted in car parks larger than 1,000 m2 (about 40 cars) below sleeping risks. See Artikel 4.223a of the Dutch car park
Fire sprinklers required in Belgian car parks
On 23 June the Belgian government published a royal decree introducing requirements for sprinklers to be fitted in large underground car parks. The government also published an update to the fire code. Among other changes, it clarifies that if sprinklers