Archived Press Releases

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Landlords Fined for safety breaches under HHSRS Regulations 11/07

Kidde partnership with Humberside Fire &  Rescue Services
Sound reason for Smart Interconnect  10/07

Leading HA, Home Group protecting tenants in N East with Kidde
HHSRS/Decent Homes Standard demands holistic approach 9/07

Northern Ireland Building Regs set the Gold Standard
Housing Association magazine: Part B Building Conflict  6/07

HHSRS demands a holistic approach

Kidde issue warning on suspect  plug in CO alarms
PSLG Article on Part B Confusion 5/07
Electrical Contracting News Article on Part B (Building Regs) 4/07

New Easy Tear Cartons introduced 
Housing Association Magazine  article on Regulations conflict

Gas Installer Magazine : Link between servicing & CO alarms

Fire Prevention magazine : Kidde concern at weaknesses in 2007 ADB (Building Regs)

Wired In magazine 3/ 2007 : Building Regulations Confusion

Residential Safety Update: Issue 3 (2007)

New Plug in Mains CO Alarms Launched

Kidde wins 2 Top Awards
from electrician's magazine

Awards from Professional Electrician & Installer

 

Humberside Fire & Rescue fitting Kidde alarms & saving energy too!

Residents getting fire safety & energy saving advice  2/09

County Mayo Christmas Tragedy

Faulty gas central heating gave off poison Carbon Monoxide.

Lack of Building Regs requirement in New Homes for CO alarms
Fife Council chooses Slick® smoke & heat alarms

Shock for West Lothian Householders
Carbon Monoxide Guidance from Kidde Fyrnetics

Falkirk Council Committed to CO Safety for Tenants

Smart Interconnect CO Alarms launched

ODPM Annual Fire Statistics

Residential Safety Campaign for Social Landlords

Residential Safety Update: Issue 2

Safety at The Point: Luxurious Holiday Let

Six Page Range Leaflet issued

Successful Partnership with CEF in Eire

The HHSRS Standard Explained

20 November 2005 Residential Safety Campaign Launched
Leading manufacturer Kidde Fyrnetics has launched a campaign to
make housing providers aware of their legal responsibilities to fit
smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms in homes, and for
consistent guidance on the minimum standards demanded by
various, conflicting documents.

12 November 2005 Innovative CO Alarm Range Launched
Kidde Fyrnetics is launching a brand new range of hard-wired CO
alarms specifically for UK housing markets, to help prevent the 50
or so deaths and 200 serious injuries every year known to result
from carbon monoxide poisoning. Resulting from extensive
development and testing, the new CO alarms offer numerous
important features including the unique ‘Smart Interconnect’ facility.

20 July 2005 Latest Residential Safety Update
Another issue of the ‘Residential Safety Update’ has just been
published with the latest news on fire and carbon monoxide safety
in the home. It includes a full review of the latest BS Code of
Practice for smoke and heat alarms, and shows how it conflicts with
the Building Regulations and Technical Standards.

18 July 2005 Falkirk Council Leads on Fire Safety
A major on-going initiative by a Scottish local authority working in
partnership with Kidde Fyrnetics paves the way to eliminating the
risk of death and illness from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in
social housing.

05 May 2005 Guidance on CO in the Home
The latest information on avoiding carbon monoxide poisoning in
homes is available in a new brochure just published by Kidde
Fyrnetics. This is essential reading for all public and private housing
providers, and clarifies their responsibilities to protect families from
the very real dangers of CO, which claims over fifty lives every year.

04 April 2005 Regulations Leave Lives at Risk
A new British Standard covering fire alarm systems in dwellings
increases the minimum standard of protection in new homes in
response to worrying figures on fire deaths and injuries - but the
Building Regulations have yet to be brought into line.

04 April 2005 Regulations Leave Lives at Risk (2)
Social housing providers and other landlords could be exposing their
tenants to real dangers by continuing to rely on the Building
Regulations for guidance about minimum standards of fire
protection in their properties.

24 February 2005 Raising the Standards for RSL's
Kidde Fyrnetics, part of the world’s leading manufacturer of fire
detection and suppression systems, has launched a financial
initiative to focus the attention of social housing providers on a new
British Standard Code of Practice aimed at reducing deaths and
injuries in house fires.

24 February 2005 Safety for Sunderland Housing
The largest landlord in the City of Sunderland is making extensive
use of Kidde Fyrnetics’ innovative Slick® range of smoke and heat
alarms in some of its housing stock.

08 July 2004 KO for CO
A major initiative by a Scottish local authority working in
partnership with Kidde Fyrnetics shows the way to eliminating the
risk of death and illness from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in
social housing.

05 July 2004 Kidde in Eire
Kidde Fyrnetics has launched its ranges of residential smoke, heat
and CO alarms in Eire for the social housing, specification and
house-building markets.

08 June 2004 Direct Works Forum; Peterborough June 8th 2004
Copy of presentation for social housing specifiers (PDF format) Click heading

16 February 2004 Push for Domestic Heat Alarms
As most house fires start in kitchens where doors are often left
open, there is increasing pressure for installation of domestic heat
alarms, linked to smoke alarms elsewhere, to give occupants early
warning of a fire.