With rising security concerns, clear communication is more vital than ever. Martyn's Law, introduced in Parliament on 12th September, aims to strengthen public place security and highlights the need for preparedness. We look at how Fireco's Digital Messaging Service (DMS) can help organisations meet these new requirements effectively.
For those of us that know our RRFSO’s from our BS7273-4’s, there's no question that fire doors save lives and that the weight associated with operating a fire door is a necessary evil, a symptom of those innocuous-looking closers that ensure doors can shut safely. But when we think about who uses those doors on a daily basis, are we expecting too much from industry outsiders?
Mobile phones are the town criers of the 21st Century, everyone finds out news from their device. DMS is a text message emergency alert system for your phone.
Every time a fire door is wedged open, a fairy dies. A closed fire door policy doesn't work as people wedge doors open. This means they are useless in a fire.
In 2016, UCAS registered 507,108 university applicants. Statistically speaking, 1 in 6 of these applicants will have a hearing impairment. That's a staggering 84,518 students.
Students from universities across the country are always telling stories about setting off fire alarms in their halls or starting a fire in the kitchen. It's something of a ‘hot’ topic. What can universities and students do to keep their premises safe?
There are 12 million deaf and hearing-impaired people in the UK. That’s a huge amount of people that struggle to recognise a fire alarm. One in six people whose needs, frankly, are left wanting. But why?