It’s always good to see any premises committing to a high fire safety standard and making that commitment despite all of the current issues.
That’s the commitment by London Gateway and it’s welcomed. Maintaining high levels of fire safety standards should always be a top priority and we encourage more premises and companies to do the same.
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The Canning Town block of flats fire was started by smoking materials according to London Fire Brigade (LFB).
This is one of the most common causes of fire along with cooking incidents, electrical faults and arson.
Care should be taken with all of the above and sometimes it’s just following simple rules like always making sure cigarette ends are properly extinguished and safely discarded off. Making sure you never leave cooking unattended and have the necessary electrical safety tests for your home. And testing your smoke alarm on a regular basis of course.
If you live in a ground floor flat then make sure you don’t leave combustible materials around the external perimeter of the building which will help reduce the chances of an arson attack.
Often big fires can be prevented by following simple safety measures.
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Good advice for shops, restaurants and pubs about to reopen when they return to work after the lockdown.
Making sure your premises are safe from fire must be a priority and a good start is making sure your fire risk assessment is up to date and suitable and sufficient.
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This article confirms there has been a massive increase in insurance claims following damage by fires since the lockdown began.
I have often said beware the many many consequences of the coronavirus virus that will become apparent in time.
This is one of then with many more people at home rather than at work therefore dramatically increasing the chances of fires starting across the country due to human error.
The list offers valuable advice about cooking and barbecues as well as being careful with mirrors, tumble dryers and phone chargers. Worth a read.
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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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