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Recent News
19th March 2013, Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service
Defendant - D. M. Care, the owner of the Ambassador Care Home in Blackpool 7 fire safety failures, including a failure to provide a suitable means of giving warning in the event of a fire, [...]
12th March 2013, London Fire Brigade
Defendant - Anthony O'Leary, leaseholder of the former Tavern Inn the Town on Castle Road Failure to provide a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment, failure to provide any means of giving warning in the [...]
13th December 2012, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Defendant - Jack Wills (Fashion Retailer) Failure to maintain fire doors, failing to keep the under-stair electrical switch gear room clear of combustible materials, failure to keep the protected stairwell clear of combustible materials, failure [...]
10th December 2012, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service
Defendant - Tahir Ahmed, leaseholder of a building being used as both a commercial shop and a house of multiple occupation Failure to carry out a fire risk assessment; failure to maintain the fire alarm [...]
3rd December 2012, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service
Defendant - Martin McColls Ltd. Failure to review the fire risk assessment; failure to ensure that the outstanding issues identified by the fire risk assessment were put into place; securing the fire exit door with [...]
23rd November 2012, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service
Defendants - Brian Silvester (Willaston ward councillor), Colin Silvester Multiple charges, including failure to provide a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment; failure to provide an adequate means of giving warning in the event of [...]