by Admin | Sep 14, 2021 | Grenfell Tower, News
LONDON’S FIRE Commissioner Andy Roe has called for urgent change in the building industry at the same time as the number of blocks of flats in the nation’s capital city with fire safety failings passes an “unacceptable milestone” of 1,000. The latest London Fire...
by Admin | Apr 16, 2018 | News, Source Fire News
Report lays bare the failures that caused the fire to spread, killing 71 A report prepared as part of the police investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire has uncovered calamitous deficiencies in the installation of the windows, cavity barriers and cladding system,...
by Admin | Dec 13, 2017 | News, Source Fire News
London Fire Brigade is calling for landlords to retrofit sprinklers in all high rise blocks and other buildings with vulnerable residents. The call comes as Waltham Forest Council pledges to install sprinklers in all 61 of its high priority blocks – something...
by Admin | Aug 28, 2017 | News, Source Fire News
A total of 228 high-rise buildings are fitted with cladding are considered to be ‘at risk’ and do not meet fire safety standards, official tests ordered by the Government in the wake of the Grenfell fire have concluded according to ITV.com. The latest...
by Admin | Feb 24, 2017 | News, Prosecutions, Source Fire News
A London council expressed its “sincere regret” as it pleaded guilty to four charges relating to a tower block fire which killed six people according to bbc.co.uk. Three women and three young children were killed in the 2009 blaze at Lakanal House in...