Deli loses £25,000 stock in suspicious fire
30 firefighters attended a large fire at a delicatessen in Wembley on Sunday 5th August.
The fire broke out at around 2am in a storage area of the Bartek Deli. The fire caused over £25,000 worth of damage to food stock and took 3 hours to bring under control.
Several neighbouring shops were also damaged including a stationers and a dental surgery.
Initial findings show that the fire may have been started deliberately. An investigation will now be carried out.
Wood factory fire burns for almost two weeks
A fire which broke out at a wood factory in Cambridgeshire on the 16th July has finally been extinguished, 2 weeks after it started.
It took crews more than ten days to extinguish the fire in Eaton Socon in Cambridgeshire.
One firefighter needed hospital treatment after suffering heat exhaustion.
Firefighters confirmed that the fire had been ‘concluded’ and that only a small amount of smouldering remains which will be left to burn safely under the management of the site’s owners.
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 states that you:
‘must make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to which relevant persons are exposed’
This means that all companies as a first point in their Fire Safety must complete a Fire Risk Assessment. This must be carried out by a competent person, who is trained to perform risk assessments. Your Fire Training needs, your fire extinguisher needs and any other fire safety related issues you will need to address will be highlighted from the Fire Risk Assessment.
Our team of experienced and qualified Fire Risk Assessors will perform a full Fire Risk Assessment of your premises, and provide you with a comprehensive document detailing the risks found and recommendations to minimise the risks.
Our Fire Risk Assessment is divided into nine separate areas:
- Fire safety administration
- Fire fighting facilities
- Identifying fire hazards
- Fire routine and test procedure
- Means of escape
- Review procedures
- Staff/people at risk
- Arson prevention check list
- Fire warning facilities
When you have a Fire Risk Assessment, you must review this to ensure that everything is still in order. For example, you have a reshuffle of departments and your trained Fire Wardens are all moved onto the same floor of the building so more are required to cover the other floors, or you may have an extension built on your building. You may not even have had any changes in personnel or building, but it is essential that you review the Fire Risk Assessment anyway! We provide a service to review your Fire Risk Assessments for you, whether completed by ourselves or not.
Arson suspected at historic County Durham Granary
A fire which broke out at a grade II listed building in County Durham is thought to have been started deliberately.
The granary at Croxdale Hall suffered serious damage in the fire which started on the morning of 27th July. Crews spent over 14 hours tackling the fire.
A staircase was destroyed and many solid timber beams and floor boards were also seriously damaged.
Gary Bankhead from the fire service said that although the building was always locked, when crews arrived a door was open several windows on the ground floor were also open.
Mr Bankhead said: “We are working with the police to undertake a full fire investigation to identify the cause of the fire.”
Fire at Olympic media centre
A fire broke out at an Olympic site just hours before it was set to officially open.
Firefighters attended the incident at the media centre at the Weymouth Pavilion where the Olympic 2012 sailing team were due to be interviewed by journalists.
It is thought that the fire started in the men’s toilets and was quickly put out by fire crews.
The building was evacuated and Olympic interviews had to be rescheduled at an alternative venue. There were no casualties reported in the incident.
A spokeswoman for Dorset Police confirmed that the police force is working with Dorset Fire and Rescue Service to establish the cause of the fire.
Fire at Plymouth industrial estate
An investigation is underway after a large fire broke out at the Lee Mill Industrial Estate near Plymouth on the afternoon of 27th July.
A 200 metre cordon was set up around the area due to highly explosive gas cylinders being stored on the site.
Eight fire crews attended the fire and spent several hours battling the blaze.
No casualties were reported in the fire and although an investigation will be carried out, the fire is not thought to have been started deliberately.
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 states that you:
‘must make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to which relevant persons are exposed’
This means that all companies as a first point in their Fire Safety must complete a Fire Risk Assessment. This must be carried out by a competent person, who is trained to perform risk assessments. Your Fire Training needs, your fire extinguisher needs and any other fire safety related issues you will need to address will be highlighted from the Fire Risk Assessment.
Our team of experienced and qualified Fire Risk Assessors will perform a full Fire Risk Assessment of your premises, and provide you with a comprehensive document detailing the risks found and recommendations to minimise the risks.
Our Fire Risk Assessment is divided into nine separate areas:
- Fire safety administration
- Fire fighting facilities
- Identifying fire hazards
- Fire routine and test procedure
- Means of escape
- Review procedures
- Staff/people at risk
- Arson prevention check list
- Fire warning facilities
When you have a Fire Risk Assessment, you must review this to ensure that everything is still in order. For example, you have a reshuffle of departments and your trained Fire Wardens are all moved onto the same floor of the building so more are required to cover the other floors, or you may have an extension built on your building. You may not even have had any changes in personnel or building, but it is essential that you review the Fire Risk Assessment anyway! We provide a service to review your Fire Risk Assessments for you, whether completed by ourselves or not.