Mind the gap
Commenting on the Building Safety Bill, which received Royal Assent on 29 April, Lesley Rudd, Chief Executive of leading consumer protection charity, Electrical Safety First, said: ‘We are delighted the Bill takes us a step closer to addressing the “safety…
Electrical safety body supports campaign by AEI Cables on Category 3 Control fire performance cables
The campaign by AEI Cables to highlight the revised version of the Code of Practice for Category 3 Control fire performance cables, which says only approved cabling should be used in signal and control equipment, has won support from a…
Comment from Electrical Safety First on Building Safety Bill
Commenting on the Building Safety Bill (Report Stage) and amendments tabled by Andy Slaughter MP to introduce five-yearly electrical safety checks for social tenants and leaseholders in High Rise Residential Buildings (HRRB), Lesley Rudd, Chief Executive of Electrical Safety First…
Private tenants lose out in safety stakes
Recharge – a new report on Northern Ireland’s homes, by leading safety charity Electrical Safety First – found private tenants had less protection from electrical risk than in other parts of the UK. It also suggests how annual savings of…
Creating Safer Communities – ESF Fire Safety Fund Opens

Electrical Safety First, a leading UK consumer safety charity, has just opened its Fire Safety Fund – to help reduce electrical fires and accidents in UK homes. Currently, electricity is responsible for over half of all domestic fires in the…

RECALL-READY with ALEXA & ESF

Leading consumer protection charity, Electrical Safety First, has launched a new Alexa app, to help slash the number of electrical fires in UK homes.  Using voice technology to easily access information on product recalls, consumers can effortlessly discover if they…

Sparking Safety – Government announces electrical checks for PRS

Responding to the announcement of the imminent introduction of mandatory electrical safety checks in the Private Rented Sector (PRS), Martyn Allen, Technical Director at Electrical Safety First, commented: “Today’s commitment by the Government to bring mandatory electrical safety checks into…

Think Like a Consumer – ESF’s Product Safety Conference

Get ready for one of the major events in the industry calendar: Electrical Safety First’s 11th annual product safety conference. This year’s theme is Think Like a Consumer – Behaviour-led insights for Safer Products, which will be held at Church…

Fire and Ice – Fridge-freezer Safety

Electrical Safety First responds to Government View Commenting on the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) response to the investigation into the fridge-freezer model which instigated the Grenfell fire, Phil Buckle, Chief Executive of Electrical Safety First, said:…

Product Safety – No Longer A Cinderella

With product safety rising up the news agenda – and particularly in the light of recent tragedies – Electrical Safety First’s 7th annual product safety conference, Improving Product Safety in an Ever-Changing World, has cemented its role as an essential event in the…