A recent survey conducted within the fire safety industry demonstrated that the average fine for prosecutions under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is £1100 per offence.
With offenders being prosecuted for on average 5 offences, and with court costs included, the total financial penalty amounts to approximately £7000.
Below are examples of how fire has affected business, and how prosecutions by various Fire Brigades have led to substantial fines.
Fire Incidents
60 Fire Fighters at Trafford Park blaze 50 Nursing home residents evacuated
Scrapyard fire in Nottingham New construction fire requires 40 fire fighters
Fire closes Bramhall Lane Suspicious Glasgow Pub Fire Hampshire Hotel Fire
Cornwall Hotel Arson Murder Enquiry Potential 300 businesses lost to Camden Market Fire.
Fire closes Royal Marsden hospital. Fire Destroys Sheffield Mosque
Brighton Hotel Fire Caused By Faulty Electrics. Blaze at Essex Industrial Estate
Fire Safety Prosecutions
Propert Management Company Fined
"A property managemnt company has been ordered to pay £17 000 in fines and costs after a fire in west London in which 4 residents became trapped.
P.T.F. Properties Limited pleaded guilty to four breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005......." - Fire Risk Management Issue July 2008
Wirral Nightclub Prosecution
"The Manager of a night club on the Wirral has been ordered to pay a total of £4000 in fines and costs after admitting two breaches under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005....." - Fire Risk Management Issue July 2008.
Colchester restaurant fined £25 000 for fire safety breaches £15000.00 fine for landlord.
Breach of fire safety prohibition costs restaurant £10 400 Meadowhall Store Fined £10,000.
Corporate Manslaughter Act comes into force Reading Nightclub fined £41,000.
Latest Fire Safety News
Local Fires
South Yorksire Fires 23rd June
Fire Destroys Sheffield Mosque
National Fires
Arson closes Indian restaurant.
Manchester Hospital Suffers 6th Arson Attack
Seaside Landmark Destroyed by Fire
50 Fire fighters called to Bolton Fire
Prosecutions
Property Management Company Ordered to Pay £17 000
Iceland's £28 500 fire safety fine
Wirral Nightclub Manager Fined £4000
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