The owners of this hair salon in Chester will wish they had complied with fire safety laws now that they have been handed with a £7000 fine. Occupants were being put at risk unnecessarily. Had they carried out a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment and followed its advice they would have a safer premises and more money in their pockets.
It took a leak from the premises above to highlight and to get the ball rolling in this case and if you continue to ignore fire safety laws and guidance, that leak could be coming your way.
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This woman in Bristol has admitted putting residents at risk at her House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) due to not adhering to fire safety laws and keeping her premises safe from fire.
I have said before if you are the responsible person and don’t have a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment carried out then the price you will eventually pay will ultimately be higher than had you shown due diligence in the first place.
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Fire crews were called to deal with this bin fire at a high rise block of flats in Margate which was started deliberately. Fortunately the buildings sprinkler system extinguished the fire and nobody was hurt.
Arson is a very serious crime and the potential for danger when starting a fire in a high rise block of flats is high, fortunately in this case the sprinklers and firefighting teams were able to limit the damage.
It is easy for Arson to be overlooked when carrying out a fire risk assessment because it often means looking at things that are not easily apparent and making recommendations that can appear to go above and beyond what is required. But measures such as CCTV, additional lighting, secured fencing and keeping the perimeter of a building clear can go a long way to avoid these instances happening or at least lessening their damage if they do.
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Firefighting crews in Stockport have been dealing with a single storey industrial unit fire which has been attended to by over nine pumps. Nearby residents are being asked to keep their doors and windows shut due to the amount of smoke the fire is causing.
The intensity and development of this type of fire is effected by factors such as what the building is used for, the processes inside, the construction materials, levels of compartmentation and fire safety systems amongst many other factors.
When a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment has been carried out, if done properly, this can reduce the chances of a fire starting and hopefully limit any damage should one start by detecting it as early as possible and limiting its spread.
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These residents in East London could potentially face a £150,000 bill each to replace their cladding amongst other fire safety defects found in their building.
Lots of stress and worry for the residents who already have the concern of living in a potentially dangerous building.
I'm seriously starting to wonder whether there are other options available here rather than the current situation.
As in so many similar cases around the UK this seems to be:
1. Scare the living daylights out of all of the residents which can effect their wellbeing and mental health
2. Put in the most expensive temporary fire safety systems which are often required for much longer than originally intended
3. Pass the buck on to the next person/company rather than making a decision and;
4. Avoiding looking at modern, safer, more cost effective and resident friendly solutions.
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I feel terribly sorry for these residents in high rise blocks of flats with cladding issues. They are saying it is ripping their lives apart. It is costing them a fortune and driving them to despair. They feel let down by this Government and they don't know whether they are coming or going. Just to add insult to injury their insurance companies have quadrupled their prices just to kick the boot in a little harder.
Waking watch costs are crippling them when there are much more cost effective and less disruptive systems that could be considered.
Whether its a fire risk assessor, engineer or other professional covering their back and putting the fear of god into these residents they need to realise that by doing so they are financially and emotional crippling these residents.
We learnt so much from Grenfell which was tragic beyond words. But what I don't think is being considered and should be is that we now have this knowledge about cladding that we didn't have before. Firstly the evacuation procedure in these buildings has gone from Stay Put to Full Evacuation and secondly, in my opinion, there are so many more safer systems that can be put into place to speed up this evacuation without destroying the lives of the residents.
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£12 million spent a month in London alone on waking watch services. I’m sure this is justified in some cases but that’s an incredible sum of money on something that once spent has nothing to show for it as supposed to systems that could have been installed and reused if they are ever removed.
I’m interested, does anyone know of cases where waking watches have been used to evacuate residents and what was the severity of the fire in those cases? There may be many so I would be interested in what has been the actual requirement of these services to date? I think it’s a perfectly reasonable question at £12 million a month.
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Interesting article forbidding residents with dangerous cladding in their buildings to talk directly to the press.
They have to seek permission from the Government beforehand to be able to do so.
Interesting times at the moment with lots of censorship issues around the globe and yet another Government regulation removing a little more control from people who have a reason to speak out more than most.
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