Fire Risks and Alarm Technologies for Those with Sensory Disabilities Fire safety is a universal concern, but the risks and response challenges faced by people with sensory disabilities, particularly those who are blind and/or deaf, are unique. The cues that...
Building Reform NSW
Important changes to fire safety certification requirements in NSW The Environmental Planning and Assessment (Development Certification and Fire Safety) (EP&A (DCFS)) Amendment Regulation 2025 commenced 13 February 2025 but two fire safety requirements have been...
Designing an Effective Fire Safety Strategy
Every building we live and work in contains elements designed to protect us in the event of a fire. This sometimes invisible web of protection is known as the building fire safety strategy. The National Construction Code (NCC) defines a fire safety system as one or...
Active and Passive Fire Protection
Safeguard Lives and Property with a Fire Safety Strategy When it comes to protecting lives and property, buildings are designed and constructed with various fire safety installations also known as fire safety measures. Each installation plays a critical role, and...
Apartment Fire Safety – How to Stay Safe and Survive
Fire safety tips for apartment residents: Be familiar with your building’s fire safety measures. Find out where the FIRE EXTINGUISHERS are and how to use them. Ensure your SMOKE ALARMS are working correctly. Your doors, walls and, sometimes, ceilings are designed to...
How Fire Protection is different to Fire Safety Engineering in Australia
Fire gives life and fire can take it away. Throughout the ages, fire has always been a very real threat to human life, property and buildings constructed with or containing combustible materials. Over time fire detection methods have evolved, becoming smaller, more...
Deadly Dhaka Fire
Bangladesh, a manufacturing powerhouse in South Asia, is a small country but densely populated with approximately 160 million people. On 29th February 2024, a six-storey shopping centre in the country’s Capital, Dhaka, caught fire; resulting in over 46 fatalities...
Pacific Hotel Fire in Cairns
At CJK Fire & Safety we have been contacted by clients this week asking about the Pacific Hotel Fire in Cairns CBD that occurred in the morning of Sunday, the 28th November 2021. The Police have praised the hotel staff for having facilitated evacuation of 163...







