9 Fire Safety breaches in Restaurant costs £3,500 each = £40,000 in fines. From Fire Risk Management Journal.

Go To: http://www.frmjournal.com/Journal+Archive/Current+issue/News/FRM+January+2010+News+in+brief.htm

House in Multiple Occupation fined £32,000

Contraventions in Fire Safety costs a House in Multiple Occupation Landlord £32,000 in fines.
Go To: http://www.frmjournal.com/Journal+Archive/Current+issue/Articles/FRM+January+2010+Penalty+points.htm

Another huge fine for Fire Safety contraventions. Go to:
http://www.frmjournal.com/Journal+Archive/Current+issue/News/FRM+January+2010+News+Largest+retailer+fine.htm

From Fire Risk Management Magazine

A forum regarding FIA’s (Fire Industry Association) Fire Risk Assessment Council – the way forward. We definately need a national Competency Register for practitioners of Fire Risk Assessments. Is this the way forward?

http://www.fia.uk.com/en/Information/Details/index.cfm/obj_id/99C9E244-E6F2-4C53-8CA335C91B3690D8

Go to this link for information regarding Tower block fire risk assessment register for England. (Taken from Fire Safety Engineering: Newsletter)
Should we have something similar in Scotland? After 6 people died in a multi storey block in Lakanal House we should be looking at our current advice re stay put policies.

Let me know what you think.
http://www.fseonline.co.uk/articles.asp?article_id=9671&viewcomment=1&OmniTest_CampName=fseeditorial-08-01-10&OmniCamp_Name=fseeditorial-08-01-10&OmniWS_Name=Fire%20Safety%20%26%20Engineering%20(FSE)%204943.62230-62&OmniWS_ID=3&OmniPR_Name=Newsletter_FSE%20Weekly%20Editorial&OmniPR_ID=3&OmniLink_Label=more&OmniDBG_URN=&OmniDBG_File_ID=&OmniSeg_Code=&OmniCC_Code=&OmniComp_Name=Fire%20isk%20Ltd&OmniJob_Title=MD&Omni_Source=

Stand by you pan. Drink & hunger don't mix

A wee reminder not to leave your frying pan unattended. A Tammy Wynette spoof. Stand by your Pan. http://www.fseonline.co.uk/articles.asp?article_id=9571&viewcomment=1

Here are a couple of links from The Institution Of Fire Engineers you may find interesting. The first is regarding jail terms and fines for the manslaughter of 2 Firefighters in a fireworks factory. You really do need a Fire Risk Assessment to make sure this does not happen to you.

Go to: http://ife-scotland.org.uk/news/manslaughter-verdicts-on-firefighter-deaths/

Another interesting link with Fire related issues:
http://www.ife.org.uk/search-results?q=International+Fire+News+Update

Remember to get in touch with any Fire Safety 'queries in Scotland.