Firefighters from Manchester have been dealing with a large incident in Heywood which has been attended by 8 pumps.
Nearby residents have been advised to keep doors and windows shut to avoid any potential smoke inhalation.
If this is a commercial premises or block of flats then I hope a suitable fire risk assessment was in place.
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The stress the residents of Thamesmead’s Royal Artillery Quays in South East London face is extreme. They are potentially facing huge bills to pay for the removal of the dangerous cladding having already spent a small fortune on a waking watch. This building has been issued with a Section 20 notice and the residents are potentially facing bankruptcy.
I hope, for their sake, this can all be completed as soon as possible for their mental health as much as anything.
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Whale Fire can now provide waking watch services across the UK.
We work with you by initially carrying out a fire risk assessment to determine what works best for you and your building. We use the latest fire safety guidance but will also adopt a cost effective, pragmatic and common sense approach to save you money and inconvenience, wherever possible.
Our fire wardens are fully trained, and will assist and communicate with all residents and any vulnerable persons. They can safely and quickly manage an evacuation and will provide the fire service with any relevant information on their arrival, should a fire break out.
We provide a complete service from start to finish until the external façade of your building has been made safe. We can also help with the installations of temporary fire alarm systems.
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Fire crews recently dealt with this derelict building fire in Stoke on Trent. This fire was located close to a supermarket and would have involved the evacuation of nearby premises to protect occupants from potential smoke inhalation.
When carrying out a fire risk assessment, its always worth considering the impact on the building you are assessing if a fire were to start in an adjacent building and certainly one that is attached.
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This restaurant owner in Reading was prosecuted under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 for a series of fire safety breaches. Had he carried out a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment and completed the recommendations he would have paid a much lower price and kept all the restaurant occupiers safe.
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This is a thorough and useful guide to Emergency lighting. This is an important aspect of fire safety and ensures that in a power failure, emergency exit routes are well illuminated and occupants can safely exit the building.
Sometimes, there is enough borrowed lighting from outside a building which can negate the use of too many emergency lights but like most other elements of fire safety, this is down to a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment to determine their usage.
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These university students in Edinburgh have been setting of fire alarms and fire extinguishers maliciously during the lockdown which could mean unnecessary disruption to the Fire Service and fire safety systems being tampered with that could be required in a real fire situation.
I have said before that there will be consequences of lengthy lockdowns and fire safety is not immune from this. When you impose massive restrictions on peoples freedoms you are creating other problems either immediately or further down the road.
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This report suggests the vast majority of fire doors failed the safety tests last year. The testing and maintenance requirements are likely to change with the imminent Fire Safety Bill which will have major implications for building owners.
I think the best approach to the suitability of fire doors is a risk based approach. The fire doors need to be viewed and assessed on a case by case basis such as type of premises, number of floors, number of escape routes, location of any vulnerable persons, hazards in the building, travel distances, sleeping conditions, life safety implications etc etc.
That list is not exhaustive but for too long we have seen fire door companies scare the client into believing their existing fire doors are not sufficient, sometimes purely when they don't have a label or certificate, when a competent fire risk assessor can tell you replacing them would be a waste of money and not make the building any safer.
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