“Safer High Rise Living… the Callow Mount Sprinkler Retrofit Project” is a major report, published by BAFSA in 2012, which demonstrated that it is cost effective and practical to retrofit automatic fire sprinklers in existing high-rise tower blocks in particular in those constructed between 1950 & 1970. Download “Safer High Rise Living… the Callow Mount… Read more »
In 2012 BAFSA demonstrated that it is cost effective and practical to retrofit automatic fire sprinklers in existing high-rise tower blocks in particular in those constructed between 1950 & 1970. In a pilot project, which installed automatic fire sprinklers in a 13 storey, 1960s tower block in Sheffield – Callow Mount, BAFSA demonstrated once and… Read more »
In light of the terms of reference for the official Grenfell public inquiry and expert panel appointed to advise Government on immediate fire safety action the Fire Sector Federation (FSF) has made an offer to Government to assist. It is calling on Government to listen to the experience and expertise of the Federation’s membership, who… Read more »
You may have heard of an incident at the Globe Theatre in London recently where the ‘sprinkler’ system reportedly malfunctioned causing the shows to be cancelled. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/drama-at-shakespeares-globe-theatre-evacuated-during-performance-of-a-midsummer-nights-dream-a3267076.html Thanks To Nick Coleshill of LFB it now appears that the theatre has a drencher system which covers the thatched roof and this automatically activates if the fire… Read more »
On Friday 27th May 2016 a fire involving a wok occurred in the kitchen of a house in Corby, Northamptonshire. This was at a sprinklered development of a number of homes set back from the main road. The report says that ‘last Friday night our customer was cooking with a wok, things got out of hand and the… Read more »
n the early hours of Wednesday 4th May 2016 a disturbed patient set fire to bedding then activated the sprinkler head in their single room within a ward area of a large 15 storey, 200m x 200m hospital in Glasgow. The sprinkler extinguished the fire at an early stage with only the bed, bedding, ceiling… Read more »
South Wales FRS attended a fire in a freezer unit located in the kitchen of a 2 storey School. 3 appliances were mobilised to the school measuring approximately 60x30m and opened in July 2013. A single sprinkler head activated and was sufficient to extinguish the fire. There was only slight damage in the kitchen area.
An elderly man had a lucky escape from a fire caused by a cigarette in his flat thanks to a sprinkler system. Sutton firefighters were called to a fire at the residential care home in Mickleham Gardens in Cheam on 23 November. Luckily the man had already escaped the flat and his sprinkler system had put out most of… Read more »
BAFSA has received several enquiries in recent weeks regarding the efficacy of BS 9251 sprinkler systems against fires involving deep fat frying. Questioners appear to be confused by publicity urging householders ‘not to throw cups of water on to chip pan fires’. It’s long been known that sprinklers are highly effective against cooking oil and… Read more »
On Friday 13th March, a manufacturing company in Tyne and Wear experienced a fire in a wall mounted process heater at their 5000 m² single storey factory. The Incident Commander confirmed that one sprinkler activated and successfully suppressed and extinguished the fire. In addition the sprinkler cooled 2 barrels of solvent which had the potential… Read more »
