Fire Safety
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Remediation Acceleration Plan - Guidance & Policy Papers
The MHCLG announced a step-change in addressing the building safety crisis through the publication of its eagerly-awaited and ambitious Remediation Acceleration Plan.
- Building Remediation
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CROSS UK Safety Alert: Smoke vents rendered inoperable by building work
UK Cross Safety Alert drawing attention to the safety risks associated with preventing the operation of smoke vents, in particular Automatic Opening Vents (AOVs), by construction works on existing buildings.
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E-bikes and e-scooters fire safety guidance
Latest guidance fromn the NFCC on E-bikes and e-scooters fire safety
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Grenfell, Seven Years On: TPI calls on the next government to finish the job of fixing unsafe buildings
Statement from The Property Institute, marking the seventh anniversary of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, calling on the next Government to urgently remediate unsafe buildings.
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Home Office Fire Safety Unit - Fire Safety Reform Bulletin (February 2024)
4th Quarterly Fire Safety Reform Bulletin form the Home Office Fire Safey Unit
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The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (1)
If you own, manage or operate a business, you need to comply with fire safety law. The main law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or "the Fire Safety Order". It applies across England and Wales and came into force on 1 October 2006.
- Fire Safety
- Fire Safety Order 2005 & 2023
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Home Office Guidance: Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: fire door guidance
This guidance is intended to assist those with duties under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations to comply with regulation 10, which makes requirements about fire doors in all buildings that contain two or more domestic premises and that contain common parts, through which residents would need to evacuate in a fire.
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Template Fire Door Checklist
Fire door checklist template, provided by Home Office
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Residents Information Packs - Ark Explainer Video
Under the new building safety regime, the Responsible Person must provide residents with key fire safety instructions and information. This requirement has been introduced so all residents are aware of what to do in the event of a fire.
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Premises Information Box and Checks - Ark Explainer Video
This Ark explainer video looks at the new requirements regarding premises information boxes.
Under the Fire Safety England Regulations of 2022, the responsible person must install and maintain a secure information box in or on a high-rise residential building.- Fire Safety
- Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022