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Fitted isn’t the same as working: five fire safety questions to ask before 2027
Only 60% of fire safety audits in England were satisfactory last year. Five questions responsible persons should ask about their fire systems now.
The Passive Fire Protection Nobody Talks About Until It Fails
Fire compartmentation is the part of your building’s fire protection strategy that you cannot see, rarely think about, and almost never test. It is also, in many buildings, the part that has quietly failed. Not dramatically, but incrementally, through years of routine building works, service installations, and maintenance activity. Sam Burgess, Evolution Life Safety Systems, examines why compartmentation failures are so common, so invisible, and so consequential.
BS 5839-1:2025: One Year On – What Building Owners and Responsible Persons Should Do Now
A year since BS 5839-1:2025 replaced the 2017 edition, Sam Burgess from Evolution Life Safety Systems reflects on what the update means in practice and what building owners and responsible persons should be doing now.
Fire Safety Compliance in 2026: What Building Owners and Managers Need to Know
Fire safety compliance in the UK has entered a new phase, shaped by the Building Safety Act, updated fire risk assessment expectations and the introduction of PEEP regulations in 2026. For building owners and facilities managers, the focus is no longer just on meeting minimum standards but on demonstrating clear, ongoing control of risk.
Evolution Life Safety Systems Achieves Another Successful NSI Fire Gold Technical Audit
When it comes to fire safety, there’s no room for second-guessing. The systems protecting your people and property need to work flawlessly when it matters most.
That is why we are pleased to share that Evolution Life Safety Systems Ltd, our dedicated life safety division, has successfully completed and passed another NSI Fire Gold technical audit.