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First Fire Alarm Engineer To Be Prosecuted


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A former fire alarm contractor has become the first member of his profession to be sentenced under a fire safety order.Former firefighter Christopher Morris appeared at Manchester Crown Court on December 23rd, where he was ordered to pay a fine of £5,000 and court costs of £6,000.

The charges, made under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, included failing to inform a care home of fire safety deficiencies during a fire risk assessment.

Deficiencies included multiple electronical faults like a blown fuse, which was overridden by a piece of wire and an alarm warning buzzer being absent from the circuit board.

Jim Owen, deputy county fire officer, said that fire safety order prosecutions are usually aimed at property owners, Mr Morris's prosecution may be unprecedented.

"Whilst many owners have been prosecuted under the Fire Safety Order, this may be the first time a fire and rescue authority has prosecuted someone contracted by the owner of a property to maintain a fire alarm," he said.

"Taking on such a contract extends the requirements of the [fire safety order] to the fire alarm engineer."

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"Taking on such a contract extends the requirements of the [fire safety order] to the fire alarm engineer."

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