Mark Varley, Head of Health & Safety at FirstPort addresses how we need to reform the culture and show real change for residents.
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Inadequate or poorly maintained doors may result in a change of strategy from ‘stay-put’ to ‘evacuate’ due to poor compartmentation.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Fire Risk Assessments of common areas of buildings with flats should be carried out.
Shaun Lundy from 4site Consulting looks at the different types of fire risk assessments that can be carried out in blocks of flats.
The final report on the independent review of building regulations and fire safety led by Dame Judith Hackett has been published.
Post the tragic events at Grenfell last year many insurers have remained unusually quiet on the topics of fire safety in blocks of flats.
On 9 March the decision in Firstport Property Services Limited v The various long leaseholders of Citiscape was delivered The F-t T.
The team from The Leasehold Advisory Service provide some invaluable guidance on the most frequently asked fire safety questions.
Flat owners may be lulled into a false sense of security that their block has been the subject of a fire risk assessment.
The London Fire Brigade have recently launched a new campaign to educate residents in flats and apartments of their route of escape.