Summary Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) reported a fire within a fulfilment warehouse about the size of 14 football pitches (93,000 square metres) involving a multi-tiered mezzanine structure. The fire was able to develop through openings in the structure, leading to a limited number...
Group Manager Mark Walchester Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service (SFRS) said: “Fire sprinklers are widely recognised as the single most effective method for preventing fire spread in the early stages, and that was certainly the case in this incident. “If the sprinkler had not been...
Scott Harrison, Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Service said, “It is the position of both the National Fire Chiefs Council and Greater Manchester Fire Rescue Service, that sprinklers are an invaluable active fire safety feature that saves lives in the event of a fire, reducing both...
