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.SFPE EUROPE INDUSTRY NEWS
Warning over spate of UK house fires as residents try to cut energy bills
The Guardian
Fire authorities have urged householders to take care when using candles, wood burners and electric heaters to cut energy bills this Christmas after a spate of recent house fires.
Flat fires in Uxbridge and Harwich this month were caused by candles; fire chiefs in Cumbria, Hereford and Worcester reported more fires as householders used unswept chimneys and candles; and last month in Wakefield a blaze was caused by a tumble dryer being used overnight to save money.
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Europe's 'pyroregions': Summer 2022 saw 20-year freak fires in regions that are historically immune
Phys.org
Over the summer of 2022, the European "fire season" made headlines, and the burned area was said to be "unprecedented" in many countries. However, an examination of historical climate and fire data provides some important context.
Several conclusions were drawn from the European Forest Fire Information System, but this dataset is probably not the most appropriate given that its methodologies are constantly being updated.
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UK heatwave saw fire calls triple in West Midlands and Staffordshire
BBC
The summer heatwave in 2022 led to a significant increase in calls to the fire services in Staffordshire and the West Midlands, a report said.
Temperatures passed 40C across 18-19 July in the U.K. and over the two days, the services had about 1,000 calls.
The report, for Birmingham City Council, said the services attended more than 300 incidents.
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Fire safety concerns flagged by regulator in 60% of England's proposed high rises
Inside Housing
Casework data obtained through a Freedom of Information request from the Health and Safety Executive reveals that the watchdog raised concerns over 349 separate high-rise planning applications in England.
The HSE became a statutory consultee on all residential and student accommodation buildings above 18m in August 2021, as part of a stricter building safety regime brought in post-Grenfell.
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Warning from Tyne and Wear fire service over people self-tackling flames
BBC
People are being warned not to tackle flames after two house fires escalated after attempts to extinguish them.
The two fires became more intense when water was thrown on oil in a pan in Newcastle and on a fuse box in Killingworth, North Tyneside.
No one was hurt in either but there was extensive damage to the properties.
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.SFPE EUROPE CHAPTER NEWS
Call for Nominations: The European Fire Safety Engineering Award
The European Fire Safety Engineering Award is an award to promote developments in the fire safety engineering area in Europe. The awardee has made exceptional efforts in the area of fire safety engineering in the last five years following the SFPE mission:
"To define, develop, and advance the use of engineering best practices; expand the scientific and technical knowledge base; and educate the global fire safety community to reduce fire risk."
Nominees can be both SFPE members and non-members. SFPE members and SFPE Europe chapters' members can submit nominations. Self-nomination is allowed. To nominate a colleague or yourself, please send a one-page motivation to robert.mcnamee@ri.se by 31 January, 2023.
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