News Room
| 19 April 2021 |
Fire shuts down one of Gauteng’s largest hospitals A fire that broke out at the dispensary store of the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg on Friday 16 April took the entire weekend to extinguish. One of the biggest hospitals in Gauteng, it will be... |
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| 18 March 2021 |
Risk-averse industry due to Covid-19 sees ASP Fire on an upward path Its designation as an essential services provider during the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in ASP Fire attending to requests for assistance countrywide, from Tzaneen in the north to Pinetown in the East and Cape Town... |
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| 26 February 2021 |
Highlighting the fire risk faced by hospitals The biggest challenge faced by hospitals when it comes to fire risk is that a large number of occupants are either incapacitated or immobilised, which renders them extremely vulnerable, ASP Fire CEO Michael van... |
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| 9 February 2021 |
Genset failure can cost companies dearly during load shedding A back-up power supply such as gensets is critical to reduce overall electricity demand during load-shedding. However, it is vital that such important equipment is maintained properly and serviced regularly to be... |
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| 23 June 2020 |
Beware that cold snap does not result in your home going up in flames Emergency personnel have had to respond to fires at homes and in informal settlements across South Africa as the current cold snap continues, reports the Household Energy Safety Association of South Africa (HESASA... |
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| 29 May 2020 |
Latest regulations fall short in addressing all fire-safety design issues The newly-released 2020 version of SANS 10400-T, ‘The application of the National Building Regulations - Fire Protection’, still does not adequately address all of the issues related to fire-safety designs. |
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| 2 April 2020 |
Working from home, but did you switch off the lights at the office? If your office building is in lockdown because your staff are working remotely from home, did you remember to turn off the lights? ASP Fire CEO Michael van Niekerk advises office and building managers to ensure that... |
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| 17 March 2020 |
Maintaining the health of hospitals when it comes to fire risk The fire risk faced by hospitals was revealed dramatically when the theatre section of the Mitchells Plain Day Hospital in Cape Town was gutted by fire on Friday 13 September 2019. Earlier in May 2019, patients from... |
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| 25 February 2020 |
ASP Fire assists architects to make modern buildings safe It is critical for modern buildings to have the necessary fire detection and protection systems in order to comply fully with the National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act, 1977 (Act 103 of 1977),... |
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| 13 February 2020 |
Managing the fire risk of transformer explosions at substations One of the largest and busiest airports in Africa, OR Tambo International in Johannesburg, was plunged into temporary darkness on Sunday 12 December after a transformer at a substation in Kempton caught fire. While... |
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