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• Grenfell Tower: Cladding firm 'stretched the truth' on fire safety
  
  Kingspan fire-tested its cladding in 2005, but changed the formulation the next year, an ex-employee says.
  BBC News.  Mon, 23 Nov 2020 21:18:40 GMT.
• Up to 1,000 residents are told to 'immediately' evacuate their homes over fire safety fears
  
  Occupants of the six-block Paragon estate in Brentford, including some 688 students from the University of West London, will be offered alternative housing while a safety review is carried out.
  Daily Mail.  Mon, 19 Oct 2020 17:28:16 +0100.
• Chicago Bulls, CFD team up to teach kids about fire safety
  
  The Chicago Bulls and the Chicago Fire Department will come together to hold a virtual event during Fire Prevention Month.
  Wls.  ABC News.  Sat, 17 Oct 2020 16:17:12 +0000.
• Editorial: A better way to help Californians survive wildfires: Focus on homes, not trees
  
  Fire safety experts are increasingly focusing on houses instead of forests as they explore how to improve safety in an era of destructive wildfires.
  The Times Editorial Board.  Los Angeles Times.  Tue, 22 Sep 2020 06:00:27 -0400.
• Cardiff Bay: 'Constant dread' of failed fire safety flat owners
  
  A survey showed some flats had highly flammable polystyrene insulation in the cladding.
  BBC News.  Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:49:02 GMT.
• Government's fire safety plan 'will fund just 12 new inspectors to cover two million homes'
  
  Firefighters' union warns ministers risk another Grenfell-style catastrophe
  Jon Stone.  The Independent.  Wed, 01 Jul 2020 07:33:00 GMT.
• Saving energy and lives: How a solar chimney can boost fire safety
  
  Built as part of the sustainable features of a new Australian building, the specially-designed solar chimney radically boosts safe evacuation time in a fire - from 2 minutes to over 14 minutes.
  Science Daily.  Tue, 05 May 2020 07:22:00 EDT.
• Saturday Morning Extra: Important tips from Kidde fire safety expert
  
  Kidde Fire Safety Expert Sharon Cooksey shared important tips that can save your family time and money, but also, potentially save lives.
  Wls.  ABC News.  Sat, 07 Mar 2020 17:37:00 +0000.
• Dallas Fire Rescue Inspects Residential Homes for Fire Risks Through Program
  
  As Fire Safety Survey Program enters its second year of inspecting citizen's homes, the department hopes to grow it even more.
  Alanna Quillen.  NBC.  Tue, Feb 25 2020 11:02:19 AM.
• Firefighters 'taken off trucks' to plug gaps in fire safety unit
  
  Fire and Rescue NSW is so understaffed and "overwhelmed" that it can't do fire safety audits of most new apartments or advise councils on flammable cladding.
  Nigel Gladstone.  Sydney Morning Herald.  Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:15:00 +1100.

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