An alarm company has been ordered to pay £30 million in interim damages to the owners of Weston-super-Mare’s Grand Pier, following the fire that completely destroyed the pier’s pavilion in 2008. Judge Mark Havelock-Allan, QC, found a “high degree of negligence” from alarm firm System 2 Security (S2S), which went into administration just before the case came to court, the… read more →
Big Rock Climbing Ltd, which owns and runs Climb Rochdale, was convicted of seven fire safety offences at Bury Magistrates’ Court on 17 December 2012. The company was fined £2,000 for each offence and ordered to pay £1,858 costs to Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, as well as a £15 victim surcharge. The prosecution by the Greater Manchester Fire… read more →
London fire chiefs have warned some of the worst culprits for false automatic fire alarms – including universities and hospitals – that they could face a bill for over £1 million under new rules. London Fire Brigade is considering a plan to charge building owners and managers of premises at least £290 per fire engine for any false alarms they… read more →
Police are carrying out further inquiries into a major fire that broke out on Uckfield High Street in Sussex on the evening of Sunday September 2nd. Two teenagers were arrested on suspicion of arson two days later, but they have now been bailed until September 15th. Officers are still appealing for witnesses. Firefighters were called to the scene at 11pm… read more →
The former owner of a takeaway in Rochdale has pleaded guilty to putting the lives of a four-year-old girl and his employees at risk after admitting 11 offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order. Usman Adnan Farzand of Oldham Road, Ashton, pleaded guilty to the charges at Bury and Rochdale magistrates court on 1 August, after an inspection by… read more →
The owner of an off-licence in Salford has been fined £22,000 and ordered to pay more than £4,000 in costs after being convicted of nine offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Tahair Mahmood Arif of Matthews Lane, Levenshulme pleaded guilty to the offences at Manchester City magistrates’ court on 2 August. Fire safety officers inspected the premises… read more →
Failure to meet fire safety regulations despite a warning from local enforcement officers has led to a fine of more than £10,000 for the owners of a care home in South Yorkshire. Park Care Ltd, which owns the Park Grange Nursing Home in the village of Kendray, pleaded guilty to three separate breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order… read more →
The owner of the Beach Break Cafe fish and chip shop in Brighton has been fined £21,000 for failing to comply with fire safety regulations. Brighton Magistrates Court heard how the property only had no emergency lighting and only one domestic smoke alarm, which was faulty. Ms Coull also failed to carry out a fire risk assessment and had not… read more →
A property developer has received a suspended nine-month prison sentence for breaching fire safety regulations. Appearing at Leicester Crown Court, Robert Price was also ordered to pay £40,000 in fines and costs for serious fire safety offences relating to the Lillie House property he owned in Leicester city centre. In October 2010, officers from Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service found… read more →
On Friday 20 July 2012, Lion Steel Limited was fined £480,000 with costs of £84,000 under the Corporate Manslaughter Act at Manchester Crown Court in relation to the death of 45-year-old employee, Steven Berry, who suffered fatal injuries when he fell through a fragile roof panel at the firm’s site on Johnson Brook Road in May 2008. Said Rob Castledine,… read more →
