Did you know that the fire brigade was called to fires at just over 27,000 dwellings last year?*  Many of these were caused by electrical equipment misuses, mainly in cooking appliances.  You can learn more about how to avoid electrical fires in […]

Following more than 25 wildfires over the last weekend, the National Fire Chiefs Council is urging the public to take additional fire safety precautions. Currently to date in 2022 alone, there have already been more than 70 significant wildfires across England and […]

An alternative to having portable fire extinguishers in a premises is the installation of hydraulic hose reels connected to the building’s water supply. The comparative lightness and lack of jet reaction from the nozzle make the hose reel a suitable item of […]

Current fire safety legislation requires that an adequate system of maintenance be in place for fire safety measures in a building. This includes a variety of tasks, some of which can be carried out in house by site staff, others by external […]

The first point to note is that – with very few exceptions – every premises (including outdoor and temporary structures) other than individual dwellings, requires a Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) under legislation.  And even where dwellings are concerned, if a building contains […]

If you are unfortunate enough to find yourself caught up in a fire related incident, one of the first challenges you face is working out how to tackle the fire, or whether to tackle it at all. Judging the size of the […]

With restrictions of the pandemic now easing, many employees are going to be returning to the workplace. New research by Fire Safety Specialist, JLA, has revealed that many companies are ill-equipped to deal with the growing risk of fires at their sites […]

A NEW Product Video is now live on our YouTube channel! This video features a range of Firechief products which are best suited to fight a fire within the home and also where they are best sited, for example, the office, the […]

The fire triangle is a model for expressing the components of a fire. The three sides of the triangle show the three components needed to ignite and sustain a fire: heat, fuel, and oxygen. Heat This is perhaps the most essential of […]

Over half of fires within the home start in the kitchen and many of these will be caused by grease or cooking oil, which becomes too hot.  It can take less than 30 seconds for smoking oil to catch fire, so you […]