Water UK

In February ground-breaking legislation was passed by Welsh Assembly Government that will require all new Welsh properties to have fire sprinklers installed. On the face of it, this is a life-saving initiative which will be welcomed by many and which is likely eventually to be followed in England. Indeed for water companies, fighting fires in their early stages through the activation of a sprinkler will reduce the demand on the network put on by fire tenders at the time of a more established incident and reduce the environmental impacts of wash water run-off. The difficulty arises with the details of providing and maintaining suitable water supplies.

The benefits were discussed at this year’s All-Party Parliamentary Fire Safety and Rescue Group sponsored National Fire Sprinkler Network Parliamentary Seminar in the House of Lords this week.