Sprinkler News
Sprinkler Stop - Restaurant, West London
Thanks to Keith Rhodes of Nationwide Sprinklers for this useful example of a stop involving a hot oil fire.
"We are pleased to advise that a hot oil pan fire at Charlottes Bistro in Chiswick yesterday was extinguished by the activation of just one sprinkler. The Bistro was temporarily closed for 45 minutes but reopened before the end of the dinner service".
Posted on: Monday 8 March 2010
House of Lords - Lord Harrison's Bill to Require Sprinklers in New Dwellings
Lord Harrison's Bill to amend the Building Regulations to require sprinklers in new dwellings was debated this morning:
The text can be viewed at: www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldt ... there is an extract below
Posted on: Friday 5 March 2010
BAFSA Members Spring Meeting:12 May, Liverpool
Please find attached details of the BAFSA Spring Member’s meeting and Spring Seminar for Local Authorities. Please book your space now to avoid disappointment. Members may send two representatives without charge. Additional spaces may be available but BAFSA reserves the right to charge a nominal fee for 3rd and subsequent delegates. Please note that registrations will be accepted up to 1 May 2010 and all completed forms must be returned to wendy.otway@btinternet.com or by fax to 01795 538692.
Posted on: Thursday 4 March 2010
BAFSA Golf Day Thursday 17 June, Shrigley Park
Our resolutely non-playing Captain writes:
Please find attached the booking form for this years BAFSA golf day. The arrangements are as in previous years.
Can you return the booking form to me ASAP (and before the 30th March) so that the booking can be firmed up with Shrigley?
An invoice will follow from BAFSA in due course.
Regards
David
David Robinson
c/o Hall Fire Protection Ltd
Holloway Drive,
Wardley Business Park,
Worsley, Manchester, M28 2LA
Fax :- 0161 794 4950
Mobile:- 07774 778615
E/mail:- robinsondr@btinternet.com
Posted on: Tuesday 2 March 2010
BAFSA at the Care Show
All members will have received an invitation to the launch of 'Sprinklers for Safer Living', BAFSA's latest publication which takes place on 31 March at the Care Show at the Bournemouth International Centre.
The Care show runs from 30 - 31 March and BAFSA will be exhibiting.
Any members who would like to volunteer to staff the stand will be welcomed ! If you can help, please contact Wendy Otway (wendyotway@pexs.net)and let her know when you are available (am/pm, 30 or 31 March).
Posted on: Sunday 21 February 2010
The Firefighters Charity - Golf Day
BAFSA have been invited to submit up to two teams (of three players each) for Firefighters Charity annual Charity Golf Day which takes place on 28 June at the Oakdale GC, Harrogate. Each team costs £500 including all meals and an 18 hole Texas Scramble shot-gun start competition.
Sponsorship opportunities are available.
BAFSA is a supporter of the Firefighters Charity and anyone interested can get more info from the Secretary General (info@bafsa.org.uk)
Posted on: Saturday 20 February 2010
BAFSA Sponsors BRE Tests of Sprinklers in Car Stackers
Sprinkler Protection of Car Park Stacking Systems
BRE Global has recently completed a research project for The British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association (BAFSA) which investigates the growth and spread of a fire in and between cars in a car park stacking system installed with a sprinkler system. This follows the ‘Fire Spread in Car Parks’ testing BRE Global completed for Communities and Local Government (CLG) Sustainable Buildings Division research programme last year.
David Crowder, BRE Global commented “The results produced from the BAFSA test provides a valuable addition to the CLG data and shows how industry and government can successfully work together to expand the understanding and information derived from the CLG programme of research”.
Ian Gough, BAFSA commented “Fire sprinklers have been successfully protecting lives and property, including car parks, for many years; however, hazards and risks can quickly change. It is important that the fire sprinkler industry recognises such changes and is confident that the sprinklers systems installed always provide effective and efficient protection. This work carried out by BRE Global provides valuable information for sprinkler contractors, specifiers and others with an interest in these new and innovative parking systems.”
Details of the testing can be found in the newly published report which highlights the potential benefits of installing a sprinkler system into a car park stacker, providing the system is designed for the specific risk and with the installation based on appropriate standards and guidance.
To view the report please visit www.bre.co.uk/sprinklerstacker
Posted on: Wednesday 17 February 2010
BS 9251 Design and Installation Training
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Just a few places remain on our next highly-rated residential and domestic sprinkler installation and design courses.
Contact us for more information about becoming a sprinkler installer and designer:
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Posted on: Friday 12 February 2010
Expectations of Sprinklers in Schools
Steve Mills, of West Mids F&RS and a BAFSA council member today attended a Westminster Education Forum Keynote Seminar.
He writes: I managed to pose the following question to the panel at the end of the first session.
'If sustainability is an essential element in the BSF programme, is a school that is destroyed by fire a sustainable asset and if not,why are we allowing schools to be built,especially Academies, without them having sprinklers fitted?'
To my surprise the following answer came back from Tim Byles, Chief Executive of Partnership for Schools (PfS, who have been tasked to oversee the BSF programme).
' It is our expectation that schools will be fitted with sprinklers (he mentioned Jim Knight's role and aspirations) and if you hear of schools not being so fitted will you please let me know'.
Accordingly, please let us (info@bafsa.org.uk) know of any NEW schools which are being constructed without sprinkler protection and BAFSA will pass this information on to Tim Byles.
Posted on: Thursday 4 February 2010
Welsh Assembly Votes Unanimously In Favour of Sprinklers
BAFSA Congratulates the Welsh Assembly for taking this historic step in the fight against fire and to protect the most vulnerable members of the community.
We also express our admiration for the single-minded determination and energy expressed by Ann Jones AM for her unflagging efforts to bring about this major change.
WELSH Assembly Members voted unanimously today voted in support of Ann Jones AM’s bid to make the installation of sprinkler systems mandatory in Wales’s new homes.
The Vale of Clwyd AM’s proposal has been described as historic by Chief Fire Officers across Wales and numerous organisations in the Fire Safety field including the National Fire Sprinkler Network.
Since introducing the Assembly’s first ever backbench Legislative Competence Order (LCO), Ann Jones has won the full support of amongst others, the Welsh Assembly Government, Wales’ 3 Fire Services and the FBU.
With overwhelming supportive evidence from the expert and industry community, Mrs Jones’s LCO successfully received approval from cross party Committees in both Wales and Westminster.
The Welsh Affairs Committee commended Mrs Jones for her ‘enthusiasm and tenacity’ in pursuing an order that follows more than two decades of personal experience in the Fire Service. The Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Jane Davidson also paid tribute to Ann Jones’s ‘determination’ and ‘commitment’.
Mrs Jones’ LCO is expected to pass votes in both Houses of Parliament before gaining Royal assent in the coming weeks. Mrs Jones will then in a position to introduce an Assembly Measure to enforce the objectives of her LCO.
Posted on: Wednesday 27 January 2010
Updated on: Thursday 28 January 2010