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26.8.2025 External fire exposure test for roofs: Versatile and photogenic! What happens to the products on my roof if my neighbour’s barbecue gets out of hand? Manufacturers of roof mounted products increasingly want to know what happens to... Read more

25.8.2025 Full-Scale Modular Construction Fire Test Conducted for International Consortium Efectis UK/Ireland successfully facilitated a full-scale modular building fire resistance test at the Kilroot site in Northern Ireland on 9 July 2025. The test involved a total of... Read more

25.8.2025 Fire and Explosion Testing of Fuel Tanks: Technical Expertise and Integrated Solutions from Efectis Whether you are developing fuel storage tanks for hydrogen-powered vehicles, gaseous fuel systems, or liquid fuel applications, fire and explosion safety is a critical design parameter. Efectis provides... Read more

25.8.2025 SPARKLE: four-party agreement signed for car park fire safety The SPARKLE project, for Safe PARKing for all recent vehicLEs, brings together the expertise of leading French organizations to propose a standardized national methodology based on a full-scale... Read more

19.8.2025 Join free breakfast seminar in Belgium 4 & 5 November 2025 Efectis invites you to a seminar focused on navigating fire safety with Efectis’s Expertise as Notified Body. Explore how Efectis’s advanced fire safety solutions and expert judgments provide... Read more

17.7.2025 The High Cost of Negligence in Fire Safety Shopping malls are high-risk environments for fire due to their dense occupancy and complex structures. A large-scale fire can lead to significant loss of life and property in... Read more

10.7.2025 EN 12101-7: European Standard for Smoke Control and Ventilation Systems Introduction EN 12101-7 is a standard applied in Europe for the design, installation, and maintenance of smoke control and ventilation systems in buildings. This standard was developed to... Read more

26.6.2025 Fire Safety at Airports: A Comprehensive Approach Airports are the heart of modern transportation and include many moving parts, from aircraft hangars to refueling stations, passenger terminals to maintenance facilities. This diversity brings with it... Read more

27.5.2025 Fire Safety in the Age of Clean Energy, a Growing Challenge: a review of Efectis services As the world accelerates towards a cleaner, more sustainable future, our buildings, vehicles, and infrastructure are undergoing profound transformations. Electrification is at the heart of this change: buildings... Read more

27.5.2025 Efectis adapts to envolving fire safety standards for solar pv systems Efectis remains committed to staying at the forefront of regulatory developments in fire safety, particularly in the rapidly expanding solar photovoltaic (PV) sector. In line with this commitment,... Read more

27.5.2025 Efectis advances hydrogen safety for Maritime fuel cell systems In support of global decarbonisation goals, the interest in hydrogen-powered vessels is growing. Efectis is actively contributing to this transition by focusing on the fire and explosion safety... Read more

27.5.2025 Storage area fire safety measures in lithium battery factories A fire broke out at the storage area of a lithium battery factory in Hwaseong, South Korea on July 24 at around 10:30 am local time. The fire,... Read more