Senator on Island of Jersey Calls for Sprinklers in New Homes
The BBC reports that Senator Lyndon Farnham, Assistant Minister at Home Affairs, is calling on the island's politicians to support his call for new homes built on Jersey to have sprinklers. The Jersey Fire & Rescue Service has produced one of
Young woman killed and fire-fighter seriously injured in Paris apartment fire
The French fire brigade reports that a young woman has been killed and a fire-fighter seriously injured in an apartment fire in Paris.
French fire-fighter killed by explosion in fire at poultry farm
A French fire-fighter has died of wounds sustained during an explosion at a fire in a poultry farm,
German workshop for the disabled fitted with sprinklers
The Ruperti workshop for the disabled, located in Altötting east of Munich in Germany, has been fitted with a sprinkler system,
European Parliament Paper Supports Directive on Hotel Fire Safety
Officials at the European Parliament have prepared a briefing paper for Members of the European Parliament, MEPs,
Welsh government sets out timetable for sprinkler legislation
Today, 17th July, the Welsh Minister for Housing and Regeneration set out the planned timetable
Building owner sued in California for not fitting sprinklers
A fire in Redwood City, California that killed one person and made over 100 homeless has led to a lawsuit by the survivors.
Fire seriously damages historic palace in Paris
Fire has destroyed an historic palace in the centre of Paris.
Dutch Residential Sprinkler Standard Published
NEN, the Dutch standards body, has published a residential sprinkler system standard.
Tuyak Symposium 14-15 November Istanbul
The Turkish Fire Protection Association will host a conference on fire and security in high-rise buildings. The EFSN will give a presentation at the conference. For more details see http://www.tuyak2013.com/index.asp?sayfa=english