IFSEC Insider, formerly IFSEC Global, is the leading online community and news platform for security and fire safety professionals. Choosing fire extinguisher types for the relevant class of fire ...

The Security and Fire Excellence Awards run in partnership with IFSEC and FIREX. First Response Group and ZAM Facilities Management were this year’s headline sponsors. Other partners included Axis ...

Loss Prevention Standard, or ‘LPS’, 1175 is one of the many standards published by BRE (Building Research Establishment) Global through the LPCB (Loss Prevention Certification Board), which has been ...

The fire that gutted Eastbourne pier’s Grade II listed Victorian dome is the latest in a litany of blazes on seaside piers down the years. From the 1976 blaze on Southend Pier to the 2010 Hastings ...

In the second in a series of three articles (read the first one, here), Simon Ince of UL examines what must be done to get firestopping right in new buildings. He offers a step-by-step analysis of the ...

In this final article of three related to the importance of getting firestopping right, Simon Ince, Project Engineer with UL, discusses the value of independent Third Party Certification, illustrating ...

In worrying news for the fire safety industry, the Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS) has found that more than three quarters (76%) of fire doors it inspected in 2019 were condemned as not fit for ...

Access control systems have come a long way from the traditional mechanical lock and key. There is greater demand than ever for convenient solutions to enter and exit buildings and facilities from ...

Peter is an expert in the physical security industry having spent 35 years gaining considerable knowledge and understanding of security technology and the principles and practices of protecting people ...

The Columbian capital of Bogotá is using Corsight AI’s facial recognition technology to recognise and capture some of the city’s most wanted criminals for murder and theft. A successful 30-day Proof ...

We’ve all heard the term ‘Artificial Intelligence’, or ‘AI’ for short. There is a widespread acceptance that it is set to have a significant impact on the physical security sector in the years to come ...

A single London borough – Hackney – has more CCTV cameras than the UK’s five most watched cities combined. Bristol, Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Chelmsford and Liverpool collectively have fewer cameras ...