Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) is raising awareness of a major change in fire safety regulations coming into force on 6 April 2026.

Residential Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (RPEEPs) are designed to improve measures for people who may need support to leave their building in the event of a fire.

The arrangements, introduced u...

The countdown is on: Euro Defence Expo (EUDEX) will soon be opening its doors for the first time at Messe Essen. From 22 to 25 September, the new B2B format will bring together the international security and defence industry. With today’s launch of the ticket shop, the hot phase of preparations begins: trade visitors can register as of now and secure their ti...

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is urging residents who live next to or opposite its fire stations to be alert to suspicious activity following two break-ins this week.

Chatteris and Gamlingay fire stations were broken into in the early hours of Monday morning and Tuesday evening respectively. At Chatteris, life-saving cutting equipment used at road traffic coll...

For Peter Rickard, CFO at Cleveland Fire Brigade, community work is among the most rewarding aspects of the service’s role. He believes fire services should deepen their involvement locally, helping address the root causes of fire setting in areas affected by poverty.

Rickard argues the fire service should act as an “anchor ...

With the government’s increasing drive for clean energy, it’s no surprise that along with solar farms, wind installations and grid substations, battery energy storage systems (BESS) are making an appearance with increasing frequency across the country.

BESS are highly engineered and deceptively simple in appearance. Nevertheless, in this edition of Fire we show how the...