Fire Alarm Monitoring After BT Redcare: What Responsible Persons Need to Check Most Responsible Persons did not choose the signalling path on their Fire Alarm panel. An installer fitted it, a service contract covered it and for years it quietly worked. Then on 15 December 2025, BT Redcare shut down for good. And the question […]
Blake Contractors Ltd was delighted to team up with South Essex Homes for a fantastic children's drawing competition. Incorporating their creativity and sharing important safety messages. All young residents in the community were invited to take part by creating imaginative drawings based on safety themes.
Smoke does not wait for a fire to grow before it starts killing. According to the Home Office's detailed fire statistics for 2022/23, 259 people died in fires in England. Thirty per cent of those deaths - 77 people - were not killed by flames but by gas or smoke. They died because smoke found […]
Trusted Fire Stopping Surveys and Installation in Rayleigh We're Blake Fire & Security Systems, and we deliver fire stopping surveys and installation across Rayleigh and Essex. Our company is BM TRADA Q-Mark certified for Fire Stopping Installation, with the scheme licence held by Martin Blake, our Passive Fire Safety Manager. We map every penetration, match […]
Specialist Fire Stopping Surveys and Installation in Brentwood Blake Fire and Security Systems delivers specialist fire stopping surveys and installation across Brentwood and Essex. Fire stopping is the passive fire protection discipline that seals gaps, joints and service penetrations in fire-resisting walls, floors and ceilings to keep compartmentation intact during a fire. Our company is […]
The pattern fire and rescue officers describe is not the one most building owners expect. It rarely starts with a catastrophic fire. It starts with an enforcement notice that was never acted on. Or a Fire Alarm panel with a fault light that has been showing for months. Or Emergency Lighting that has not been […]
For years, discussion about the Building Safety Act 2022 was dominated by cladding. The images from Grenfell, the remediation debates, and the Building Safety Fund - cladding was the story. That story changed in April 2026. In the Technology and Construction Court in London, Mr Justice Constable granted two Building Liability Orders against the associated […]
How far could you run in 24 hours?
From 27–28 June, Martin Blake and his team are taking on HARP24 at Cherry Orchard Country Park.
Lap after lap of an 8km off road route through the Essex countryside.
All to support HARP, Southend’s homeless charity, who help around 1,000 local people every year.