Fire risk policies have rarely been higher up the agenda for Residents Management Companies and their agents.
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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.
Brad Parker of Future Fire Systems stresses the importance of fire protection in planning a maintenance schedule.
I’ve worked in property related risk management for many years dealing with everything from asbestos to general health and safety related risks.
The team from The Leasehold Advisory Service provide some invaluable guidance on the most frequently asked fire safety questions.
The corridors and common parts are effectively owned by the freeholder with the leaseholder demise starting at the front door of the flat.
As specialists in fire and life safety issues, there is one question that we are asked over and over again: “Do we need emergency lighting?”
This has been the very question on the lips of residential block inhabitants across the country in relation to fire safety and evacuation.
Ignoring the recommendations in your FRA could cost lives, so don’t forget to factor-in fire protection to your maintenance schedule.