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News Release from: Fireco | Subject: Fireco's Wedge Pledge
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 November 2007
Supermarket fined for serious fire
safety failures
Supermarket fined a record GBP250,000 for breaches of fire safety law that included failure to complete fire risk assessments, and leaving fire doors wedged open in Co-op stores across East Sussex.
In fact the fire safety offences were deemed so serious that the case was referred to the Crown Court for sentencing This case is even more shocking when we consider there are over sixty fires a week in retail outlets resulting in some150 casualties each year
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 23 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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These statistics highlight the importance of Fireco's Wedge Pledge - a major new initiative that's part of their on-going campaign to rid us of the illegal fire door wedge, a dangerous practice that could lead to loss of life in the event of fire.
Fireco's Wedge Pledge asks you to send the company your illegal fire door wedges and receive five pounds off every Dorgard - the legal, wireless hold-open solution for fire doors.
PLUS Fireco is pledging to donate one pound for every Dorgard sold from this campaign to burns charities.
The campaign is expected to raise thousands of pounds for burns charities that care for victims of fire.
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