Fire Safety News and Prosecutions Affecting Businesses

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. 

Fire Safety Threatens Pub Closure.   

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