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Always good to look at history and fires that occurred in the past so why not go back as far as 1666 and the Great Fire of London. This article details some interesting facts and I think it’s fair to say we have moved on somewhat since then!

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Good to see this Croydon warehouse being rebuilt following the devastating fire in 2018.

Nearly 1200 units were burnt down along Purley Way in this fire and the impact to people, the environment and the economy were colossal.


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Interesting article about liability for fire risk assessors and fire safety professionals. New Terms and Conditions drafted in Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and important for all fellow professionals in the industry.

The recent focus on external cladding systems and risk of rapid fire spread are amongst the issues which can cause inadvertent problems such as insurance cover and extent of liabiIity.

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This fire towards the end of May in London ripped through a roof within a block of flats and questions are being asked about whether the fire risk assessment in London should have been completed sooner. It was booked to look primarily at the roof compartmentation.

Or if the fire risk assessment should have addressed the compartmentation within the block. Fortunately nobody was hurt.

It raises an important question though about the scope of a life safety fire risk assessment compared to a property protection fire risk assessment.

Compartmentation is the latest fire safety topic to become a hot talking point and understandably so. However, you could also argue that there may have been more than adequate provisions within the building to safely evacuate all occupants long before the roof spread so fiercely.

There is not necessarily a right or wrong answer but my point is that a life safety risk assessor in this building could well have done his job here and made sure everybody could escape. 


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Fire safety should be seen as a priority. That’s the message out of Merseyside following a series of industrial fires.

As commercial premises begin to reopen its important to make sure you have a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment in place.


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No Government money going towards this student block in Bolton following the devastating fire last year.

The same will apply to all student accommodation buildings. This is where the problems will start. Money being pumped into society left right and centre following the Coronavirus outbreak but that has to run out at some point...

This is just the tip of the iceberg for buildings requiring monies for cladding improvement, Compartmentation improvements or other fire safety deficiencies.

Bills being passed to leaseholders and residents who can’t afford it. The mind boggles as to the solutions here.

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Fire chiefs now saying that Safety Construction in the UK is broken.

Wow what an article this is if you really think about the sheer implications of what is being said here.

I have often said on here that building materials are being made cheaper than ever before and despite those buildings costing you more money than ever, we are now starting to see the real picture. Many building firms not being trusted to use safe and reliable materials during major construction projects.

As thousands of residents across the UK are being told by their banks that there properties are currently worthless due to cladding issues, we are now starting to understand the real picture and understood that this is the tip of the iceberg.


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Great to see sprinklers being installed in some of these high rise blocks of flats in Nottingham in the wake of the Grenfell fire.

They are also being attributed to saving a residents life on the ninth floor of a block in Sherwood. The statistics are very good when comparing sprinklers and life safety so this is encouraging news all round.


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