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Over 150 high rises ‘yet to see’ ACM removal

16 Aug 2019

ACCORDING TO the government’s latest data release, 163 high rise blocks clad with aluminium composite material (ACM) have not seen removal work begin – 26 months after the Grenfell Tower fire.

Grenfell survivors housed in ‘high fire risk’ flats

16 Aug 2019

ACCORDING TO a fire risk assessment (FRA) report commissioned by a resident, the Hortensia Road flats survivors were moved to are subject to a ‘high risk of fire’.

Barking residents ‘told to return’ despite concerns

16 Aug 2019

SOCIAL HOUSING residents of Samuel Garside House have complained that they are ‘being forced back’ into the fire hit property ‘before safety assessments’ and ‘despite safety fears’.

Crewe MP ‘demands answers’ over care home fire

16 Aug 2019

LAURA SMITH said that ‘serious questions need answering’ after the home, which burnt down last weekend, was revealed to have no sprinklers amid other fire safety concerns.

Two year wait for high rise’s fire safety report

16 Aug 2019

RESIDENTS OF Hanover Tower in Sheffield have been waiting two years for a fire safety report to be published by Sheffield City Council.

NFCC responds to appointment of new Fire Minister

13 Aug 2019

THE NATIONAL Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) cited the latest national fire statistics to call on the government to ‘ensure services are properly resourced’.

LFB criticises ‘shocking’ school sprinkler statistics

13 Aug 2019

LONDON FIRE Brigade (LFB) has revealed that all 57 of the city’s schools that have suffered fires this year had no sprinklers fitted.

Fire hit hotel had no sprinkler system

13 Aug 2019

THE HOLIDAY Inn in Walsall, which burnt down last week, had no sprinklers fitted despite West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service (WMFRS) recommendations.

‘Tireless response’ to Derbyshire incident commended

13 Aug 2019

THE NATIONAL Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC’s) chair Roy Wilsher thanked fire and rescue service (FRS) responses to the Whaley Bridge reservoir incident earlier this month.

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