We have recently introduced a live fire drill exercise into our Fire Warden Training course to give course delegates a full overview of what is involved during a fire drill. During the training course DDS International start a smoke machine that activates the training venue fire alarm system to the surprise of course candidates, which is a real taste of… read more →
In this article we take a look at the anatomy of a fire risk assessment report and find out what should be included. This article can be used as a guide when you receive a report following a fire risk assessment to ensure your fire risk assessment meets the required standards. The sections below are based on the fire risk… read more →
I have analysed the latest 1,000 fire risk assessments that have been completed on the PYRAMID™ Risk Management System for this article. The reason for the analysis was to find the most common reasons for fire safety non-conformance. The data has been collated from fire risk assessments carried out across the retail, restaurant, hotel, hospital, housing and office sectors. PYRAMID™… read more →
A list of expensive fines given to companies who have been in breach of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. 25. Gurpartap Singh Bhullar – £20,250 Gurpartap Singh Bhullar is a landlord from Slough, Berkshire. Bhullar appeared at Reading Crown Court in August 2013 facing eight charges of fire safety offences. The charges were brought by the Royal Berkshire… read more →
Overview of incident A Chinese restaurant owner has been ordered to pay more than £4,000 for flouting fire safety laws and putting lives at risk. A fire involving electrical items, magazines along with a suitcase started in a second floor bedroom above a Chinese restaurant. The incident prompted Hampshire fire safety officers to undertake a fire safety inspection of the… read more →
Overview of incident The London Fire Brigade secured their biggest ever fine against a hotel owner, who had put lives at risk by flouting fire safety laws. Fire safety officers visited the former six floor, 18-room hotel, in 2011 to carry out an routine inspection and discovered numerous fire safety breaches, including: inadequate fire detection systems, inadequate emergency lighting, missing… read more →
We are pleased to announce the release of three new fire safety training DVDs which have been produced by DDS International. The new titles are General Fire Safety Awareness, General Fire Safety Awareness (Scotland) and Fire Safety in Hospitals and are available to buy in our on-line safety shop. Our Fire Safety Training DVDs are in line with The Regulatory… read more →
Today we have released our schedule of fire safety, health and safety and first aid open training courses that will run between March 2015 and February 2016. All our open courses take place at our regional training centre in Sittingbourne, Kent. Date Time Course Price Monday 27th April 2015 11.00hrs to 13.00hrs COSHH Awareness £60.00 Monday 27th April 2015 14.00hrs… read more →
We are pleased to announce that we are now running a buy one get one free offer on all our open training courses running from November 2014 to February 2015. This offer applies to all courses being held at our regional training centre in Sittingbourne, Kent. Courses can be booked on-line or over the phone. Please hurry! This offer is… read more →
At DDS International, we believe in providing a value for money service, which is why our customers come back to us, year after year… and starting today we are pleased to release our “Save 20% off your fire risk assessment costs” promotion. DDS International have teamed up with the Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce to offer members a saving of… read more →
