Commercial kitchens are not limited to just restaurants, it’s not uncommon for Care Homes, Hotels, Offices, retail units, Hospitals and other industries to have kitchens within their properties. In restaurants alone, kitchen appliances account for 25% of all fires and cookers amount to 23% of fires. We want to help, here are our top five […]
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Midlands Restaurant Forced to Close After Fire
A popular restaurant in Wolverhampton city center has been forced to temporarily close after a fire occurred on Monday 23rd September 2019. Firefighters were called to Bilash on Cheapside, Wolverhampton following a 999 call shortly after 5 PM. Damage from the fire was contained to the kitchen, which was eventually put out at 7 PM. […]
London Fire Brigade Calls For Sprinklers to be Mandatory in Schools
The London Fire Brigade has called for Sprinklers to be mandatory in all schools and colleges. Figures revealed that no sprinklers were fitted to any school or college that suffered fire in London during 2019. Since January, there were 57 reported fires across London within schools and colleges that were attended by firefighters. None of […]
Watermist Suppression—The Advantages to Manufacturing Plants
In the 12 months until April 2019, there were over 2,000 Fires on Industrial premises across the UK, including industrial manufacturing. Watermist systems are becoming more popular within manufacturing plants due to the way they extinguish fires through a starving of oxygen. Assured wants to help – Here are our top advantages to installing […]
The 5 Main Types of Fire Suppression
We know from experience that choosing the correct fire suppression system for your organisation can be a bit of a minefield. It is important to understand the different systems and which type of system is required to protect your specific high risk area. This is why we have put together our brief guide, outlining the […]
Keep Your School Safe This Summer
The National Fire Chiefs Council have stated that the government should make it mandatory for all new build and refurbished schools to have sprinklers installed. England is currently lagging behind Scotland and Wales for including sprinklers in building designs, with only one in five new build schools having sprinklers installed. Latest figures show UK fires […]
Your 5 Step Guide To Protecting Your Restaurant
If you are responsible for a restaurant, there are specific areas of fire safety that you need to pay attention too. Kitchen appliances account for 25% of all fires in restaurants, cookers account for 23% and electrical distribution accounts for 17% of fires. We want to help protect your premises with our 5 step guide […]
Birmingham Kebab House Suffers Devastating Blaze
Saqib Kebab House on Lozells Road, Birmingham suffered a devastating fire at 5 PM on the 23rd April 2019, which originated from the range above an oven. The incident was attended by West Midlands Fire Service and West Midlands Police, with several roads around the property being closed while fire crews extinguished the fire. Eight […]
Hotel Guests Evacuated after Huge Blaze Affects Manor House Hotel
Guests and staff had to be evacuated from a popular hotel during the early hours of Tuesday 2nd April, after a large fire broke out at Manor House Hotel in Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent. Four fire crews from Alsager, Crew, Congleton and Staffordshire attended the incident. Which originated at 5.47AM, from within the kitchen area. An investigation […]
Top 10 Kitchen Suppression Issues
Restaurants, hotels, schools and other buildings such as care homes that house a commercial kitchen are regarded as high-hazard. Fire suppression systems are being specified more often by insurance companies as they recognise that a kitchen in a building is one of the major risks to a fire/disaster and a potential large claim. However, there […]
