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What Are the Political Parties Saying About Cladding?   Two-and-a-half years on from Grenfell, the deaths of 72 people, we find our country in the middle of a general election with politicians that are reluctant to talk about fire safety and the cladding crisis....

Cannon Fire Sprinklers Has Joined the UK's Leading Health and Safety Schemes   We are pleased to announce that Cannon Fire Sprinklers is now SafeContractor accredited! SafeContractor is part of the Alcumus Group, the market-leading provider of technology-enabled...

False Fire Alarms Cost the UK £1 Billion Every Year Fire alarms form a vital part of fire prevention and detection strategies, saving lives every day. However, severe mismanagement of fire alarms is having a significant impact on the Fire and Rescue Service (FRS). The...

Georgina Folkes is our new Service Administrator.   We are elated to have Georgina join us, aiding us in continuing to develop our customer care experience to match ever-changing requirements. Georgina on joining Cannon has said: “I’m very excited to be a part of the...

What are Landlord’s Responsibilities when it comes to Fire Safety?   The Fire and Rescue Service attended 29,570 primary residential dwelling fires between 2018/19, with 196 fire-related fatalities and 5,239 non-fatal casualties. The perhaps most notable and one...

The Causes, Risks, Tips and Legality of Restaurant Fires In 2018/19 the Fire and Rescue Services attended 182,825 fires in the UK. This is a 9% increase on the previous year’s 167,330, commercial premises accounted for 15,005 of this total. The effect of fire on...

Jill Doran is our new Service Desk Manager. Jill has a wealth of experience working having previously worked with service teams in the Fire Protection industry for many years. We are thrilled to be able to have Jill join us and use her extensive knowledge of customer...

Claire Doran will be joining us as Design Estimator for Cannon Fire Protection. Claire has a great deal of experience having previously worked as a Design Estimator. We are confident that all of the new knowledge will help towards the continual development of Cannon’s...

Thomas Sutherland joins Cannon Fire Sprinklers. On behalf of Cannon Fire Sprinklers we are pleased to welcome to the team Tom Sutherland. Tom has a wealth of experience in the fire sprinkler industry in particular in relation to service and maintenance of systems...

  Answering the biggest fire extinguisher questions.   Everyone has seen them before, but many people still have a few questions that often go unanswered. So, we’ve compiled a list of questions about fire extinguishers and have kindly answered them.Key How do you...