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Another block of flats, this time in Huddersfield, is having to employ a waking watch to patrol the building day and night following failed external wall fire safety tests. The money will hopefully be available from the new Government Fund and won't fall to the residents who will already have enough concerns to deal with.
I hope in 2021 we can start to look at alternative options available to keep buildings safe utilising much more cost effective and friendly solutions for the residents rather than solely rely on the provision of a waking watch.
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Difficult situation for these residents in Sheffield having to evacuate their flats due to failed fire safety tests.
The decision has been made to remove residents from the upper floors until such time as a fire alarm system is installed.
I hope this work can be completed quickly and the residents can go home as soon as possible.
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Very good article which looks at cost effective options for high rise blocks of flats that have failed external wall fire safety tests. The article compares the costs and benefits of waking watch and fire alarm systems. Whatever the solution, lets make sure we put the residents first this year and get the ball rolling for them.
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I don't think these will be the last residents to feel they have been misled over fire safety! This time the issue relates to fire doors but I'm sure over recent years this will include a whole range of issues.
Between Building Control, Architects, Designers, Construction Workers, Fire Safety Consultants, Fire Service Officers to name a few, I'm sure residents have not always felt reassured and probably sometimes confused with some of the inconsistent advice they have been given.
Lets hope 2021 is the year we put the residents first. Better, honest and more frequent communication between some of the various bodies mentioned above would be a start.
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This recent fire in Porthleven appears to have started within garages and fortunately there were no properties close enough to have become involved in the fire itself.
Residents nearby were asked to keep the windows and doors shut to avoid any smoke damage, either to themselves or their properties.
Considering any nearby, attached or adjacent properties is a major consideration both when risk assessing or extinguishing a fire and the two of course are closely connected.
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Fortunately nobody was seriously hurt in this fire at a block of flats in Southwark, London. Around 60 firefighters tackled the blaze which broke out in one of the flats.
Hopefully the communal areas were well protected which would have limited the smoke and fire damage in these areas and enabled other occupants to escape if necessary.
A suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment should be in place for the block of flats as a whole to ensure that if an accidental fire does break out in a flat, all occupants can safely escape.
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