News archive for ‘Fire Alarm Tests’

10.10.11 - Private Landlords pay out £27,500 for breaking fire safety rules

Two private landlords have been ordered to pay a combined total of £27,500 in fines and costs after they were …

27.05.11 - £4,000 for building breaches landlord who also broke fire regulations

A landlord found guilty of breaching the Building Act 1984 had also failed to comply with a number of fire …

27.05.11 - Landlord pays out nearly £8,000 for fire safety failings at flats

A landlord of a block of flats has pleaded guilty to five contraventions of the Fire Safety Order (2005).
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07.04.11 - Landlord pays £158,000 for breaches after tenants flee from blaze

A residential landlord has been found guilty of fire safety breaches, following a fire where his tenants were forced to flee …

04.04.11 - Fatal fire care home manager fined for fire safety breach

The manager of a care home that was the scene of a fatal fire has been found guilty of a …

21.03.11 - Blackburn hostel owner pays out £4,500 after fatal fire

A hostel owner has been found guilty of fire safety breaches after a fatal fire at his premises.
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11.03.11 - Landlord pays £27,000 for breaches after tenants’ lucky escape – PICTURES

A landlord has been ordered to pay £20,000 in fines after a fire caused his tenants to flee the property …

25.02.11 - Care home slapped with £22,000 fine for serious breaches of fire safety law

The owner and manager of a care home in Newcastle have pleaded guilty to breaching the Fire Safety Order, after …

25.02.11 - Recycling firm pays out more than £60,000 in fire safety breaches -

Total Waste Ltd admitted to serious fire safety deficiencies at Bournemouth Crown Court on 18 January. As well as the …

14.12.10 - Construction company fined following multiple fire safety breaches

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fined a construction firm and a site manager for numerous breaches of safety …

11.11.10 - Poundstretcher chain pays £55,000 for fire safety breaches

National discount chain Poundstretcher Limited has been fined £51,500 and ordered to pay £3,450 costs at Leeds crown court for …

06.10.10 - Hotel group pays £127,000 after ‘cavalier disregard’ of fire safety

A luxury hotel near Manchester has had to pay £127,000 for what a judge called a ‘cavalier disregard’ for the …

04.10.10 - Faulty fire alarm probe after flats blaze

An investigation has been launched into a blaze at a three-storey apartment block in Stapenhill, Staffordshire last week after fire …

26.09.10 - Hotel manager fined after alarm system failed in fire

Magistrates have ordered a hotel manager to pay fines and costs totalling £5,355 after a detection and alarm system failed …

15.09.10 - Hospital fire leads to evacuation and extensive damage

A fire that led to the evacuation of patients and staff at Ninewells hospital in Dundee is believed to have …

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