Posted 17.06.19
Fire Brigades Union: Further reading
On the second anniversary of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, The Fire Brigades Union has called for urgent action on a range of fire and building safety issues to prevent another similar tragedy.
The 'Grenfell: Never Again' campaign aims to pressure government to take decisive action to tackle the underlying risks which caused the catastrophic fire at Grenfell Tower.
Key measures called for are:
Removing flammable cladding from all tower blocks and public buildings.
There are still 328 residential and public buildings using the same cladding as that on the Grenfell Tower, and at least 1,700 with other potentially combustible cladding, including hospitals, care homes and schools as well as high rises.
Fitting retrofit sprinklers in high rise buildings and schools, wherever a risk assessment deems them necessary.
Coroners' reports have called for sprinkler systems to be fitted, but so far only 32 out of 837 council tower blocks over 30m tall have sprinklers.
The campaugn also calls for:
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