Fire Industry News for November 2025

The College of Policing, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Service (HMICFRS) and the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigated a super-complaint submitted by the Center for Women’s Justice (CWJ). The investigation found some forces are not doing enough to take account of the specific needs of domestic abuse victims when the suspect works for the police nor are they consistently going the extra mile to show that they understand the impor...

SOCOTEC Group, an independent third party and a major player in Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) services in the construction, infrastructure, and environmental sectors, has acquired the Italian company - EUROGEO to strengthen its Italian platform, which offers a wide range of testing, inspection, and geotechnical services for the country's major infrastructure projects. EUROGEO was founded back in 1997 in Paderno Dugnano, north of Milan. With 40 experts, it specializes in geotechni...

In order to continue its development in Europe, SOCOTEC has just acquired the Spanish company BAC Engineering Consultancy Group, based in Barcelona. With 340 employees and a turnover of 21 million euros, BAC is a recognized player in inspection, engineering, testing, and risk management in civil engineering, particularly transport infrastructure, maritime works, and water supply systems, and in the building industry. It has particular expertise in structural analysis, non-destructive testing,...

With the acquisition of Inpijn Blokpoel Engineers, SOCOTEC is strengthening its position as a key player in the Dutch construction and infrastructure TIC market and is expanding its service portfolio to better serve its customers.  The ambition of the group is to become the premier company in testing, inspection and certification services in the construction and infrastructure sectors, alongside the lifecycle of any built environment. Key player Inpijn Blokpoel Engineers employs more tha...

Johnson Controls, the pioneer for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, now announced the expansion of its Tyco corridor sprinkler family with the launch of the Series RFII-C Royal Flush II Quick Response Concealed Pendent sprinkler. Along with the recently released EC-8C Light Hazard Quick Response sprinkler, the corridor sprinkler family offers the cost-saving benefits of needing fewer sprinklers at lower design pressure compared to standard coverage sprinklers. NFPA-13-compliant automa...

Johnson Controls, the pioneer for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings and architect of OpenBlue connected solutions, announces the immediate release of the new SprinkCAD for Revit® Fabrication Tool. In addition to providing 3D layout and calculation capabilities, the newly expanded suite of tools enables users to deliver a fabrication-ready design and stock list. New fabrication tool With this new fabrication tool, fire protection professionals can take a valid, comprehensive design...

Johnson Controls, the global pioneer for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, has unveiled new 8-inch (20-cm) color touchscreen displays for the company’s Autocall 4100ES and 4010ES fire alarm control units. The new color ES Touch Screen Display (ES TSD) improves fire panel performance by giving users more information, more intuitive functionality, easier multi-language accessibility, and improved aesthetics.   Each ES TSD can display eight color-coded events simultaneously...

Johnson Controls announces it is partnering with Westell Technologies, Inc. to provide customers with mission-critical, in-building public safety communications for emergency responders. The partnership expands the Johnson Controls life safety product offerings to include network infrastructure and hardware that gives police, fire and EMT radio signals inside buildings for better public safety communications to help save property and lives. Network infrastructure solutions A pionnering p...

Johnson Controls addressable fire alarm notification appliances are the first in the fire protection industry to receive the UL Verified Mark for their innovative self-test function. The UL Verified Mark validates that TrueAlert ES self-test technology accurately tests and confirms the operational status of compatible notification appliances. The revolutionary feature provides a non-disruptive appliance testing solution for commercial buildings and eliminates costly after-hours device test...

A modern-day, busy warehouse is rife with potential fire risks and hazards. No matter what sector the warehouse operates in, such as logistics, storage, or manufacturing, it’s vital to do everything one can to minimize fire risks as much as possible. To help people do just that, Total Fire Group has compiled the most common causes of fires in warehouses and what people can do to minimize those hazards. Many warehouse fires begin with faulty electrical equipment, exposed wires, or lightin...