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Stephen Mackenzie #FireSafety4All 💚 Profile picture
@SteveMcfirerisk
Apr 16, 2021 • 27 tweets • 58 min read • Read on X
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@claddingscanda1 Why?

Legacy concerns over security or arson risks
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convenient FOI blocking strategy for an embattled @GOVUK

All of which is ridiculous when national enforcement registers are a) required by law to be in the public domain
b) list full details

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@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK Given the sensitivity of this subject matter here are some useful links signposted to allow more informed positions.

Here’s an informative article from @kentfirerescue on enforcement policy & key enforcement considerations.

kent.fire-uk.org/your-safety/bu…
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue All statutory enforcement agencies are bounded by legislation & a clear regulators code.

Primary legislation- Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006

Secondary The Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) Order 2007 (as amended)

gov.uk/government/pub…
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue Planning enforcement is interesting as trees, newts and bats appear to have more protection than families impacted by a #buildingsafetycrisis

gov.uk/guidance/ensur…
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue An authority responsible for enforcing the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, is required by law (the Environment and Safety Information Act 1988) to maintain a public register which gives some information about these notices.

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@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue National Enforcement Register hosted on the National Fire Chiefs Council website on behalf of all fire authorities. This provides a single point of contact to view notices served, either on an authority by authority basis, or nationally (England & Wales)

cfoa.org.uk/11823
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue Stitching this thread together with pervious posts when this erupted

@claddingscanda1 isn’t the first project to map U.K. Towerblocks - there’s a number of campaign or academic studies.

Here’s one of the longer standing ones post #RonanPointDisaster
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue As international comparison the Australian - Victoria Cladding Audit which commenced in 2015 #LacrosseFire (2014)

Post #Grenfell Approach under leadership of @TedBaillieu is far more independent, transparent & robust vs @mhclg sector lead #EWS1 or LA Deltasx2
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg Then theres this early one by the Local Government Chronicle
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg With a quick scroll of Google and you can find any number of block mapping projects & data

uptheossroad.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/map…
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg Again an early interactive map focusing on Manchester

manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

is it any wonder why @AndyBurnhamGM championed a proactive post #Genfell response & mentioned in dispatches by @team_greenhalgh

https://t.co/YdHshARjk9
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh Another international comparison from #Budapest, mapping election results.

A good idea considering important #FireSafetyBill is stuck in ping pong when #grenfell2 is around the corner + #bankruptcy + #Homelessness + #mentalheathCrisis

medium.com/@nimh/between-…
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh There’s any number of case studies which presents important detail on our built environment.

Who has any right to dictate which ones makes the public domain or not?

green-alliance.org.uk/resources/Gree… Image
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh The list goes on and on

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@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh I like this one & title says it all

Are @claddingscanda1 corporate evil or also a residents group trying to empower other residents?

Who’s objecting to their work needs closer scrutiny: envy, jealously, competition, or other more sinister motives?

mysociety.org/2019/09/04/emp…
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh Here we go a evil corporate entity collecting data on blocks for sinister purposes, compromising security & exposing to arson??

No - in reality, respected surveying practice commissioned by NI Housing Executive @nihecommunity no less.

nihe.gov.uk/Documents/Asse… ImageImage
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh @nihecommunity Or this incredibly comprehensive study “Failed Cladding On Manchester Tower Blocks”

even telling everyone how to replicate & backed by Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors.

researchgate.net/profile/Robin-… ImageImageImageImage
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh @nihecommunity Another local authority tall building study - Lambeth Council

pity they used 25m height differentiation vs 11m, 18m, 30m, 50m ergo the important fire standard thresholds.

lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/… ImageImageImageImage
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh @nihecommunity Back to concerns over corporates - sorry folks there’s a ton of those.

Also a equal number of web mapping & data sharing for Citizen Housing.

Make up you own mind on who’s the good, the bad or the ugly!

cadcorp.com/support/resour… ImageImage
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh @nihecommunity UKFRS have been required to collect building data & conduct operational & enforcement inspections since 1947 under Fire Acts.

derbys-fire.gov.uk/about-us/freed…

Why don’t @GOVUK, @ukhomeoffice @mhclg have a robust maps?

Could crowd source have helped them do this quicker or better?
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh @nihecommunity @ukhomeoffice Or whole site dedicated to maps - wonderful maps.

Don’t see any hysteria over clandestine security or arson risk or more sinister undertakings!

mappinglondon.co.uk ImageImageImageImage
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh @nihecommunity @ukhomeoffice I like questions - it lets me take on mini projects to papers to policy

Just stumbled across this one

Classic gov road map but then in the U.K. experts & regions, agree, disagree & all do something else - re height thresholds.

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@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh @nihecommunity @ukhomeoffice Keep mentioning Google maps & street view.

Well here’s the shard - London’s Iconic Block

I’d hazard a more high value target - but one with extensive security & counter hostile reconnaissance measures

U.K. very experienced in counter terrorism.

Shard
goo.gl/maps/ch9ib8P9B… ImageImageImage
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh @nihecommunity @ukhomeoffice Here’s another - yep you guessed it has blocks and maps.

oxford.gov.uk/download/downl… ImageImageImageImage
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh @nihecommunity @ukhomeoffice Plus any number of 3D map modelling companies

Concerns over mapping - piff its already been done over and over and over again

+ the world hasn’t ended & the security or arson risk is the same bar unquantifiable fluctuations.

zmapping.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQj… ImageImageImageImage
@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh @nihecommunity @ukhomeoffice Arson risk - what’s next let’s shut down museum of london for mapping the great fire of london

It might be an arson risk?

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@claddingscanda1 @GOVUK @kentfirerescue @TedBaillieu @mhclg @AndyBurnhamGM @team_greenhalgh @nihecommunity @ukhomeoffice @TowerBlocksUK resumes activities after hiatus

They have sourced @mhclg list of towerblocks from LAs delta returns + consolidating their own database + view to log FRAs structural certs & digital data

Cc @claddingscanda1 @BldgSafetyReg @EOCS_Official

towerblocksuk.com/single-post/to… ImageImageImage

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@grenfellinquiry phase 2 report under embargo will now have been issued to core participants today - during a closed door briefing.

The public session & digital report links are scheduled for release at 11am tomorrow 4 Sept 2024.

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#DagenhamFire Appears to have caught the attention of home sec @YvetteCooperMP (long post)

Sector contact sent this planning application detail across earlier this morning - appears the Dagenham block had cladding remediation in 2023

Form the incident footage appears to have lost the roof level which is similar to the #Boltoncube - student accommodation fire but with cladding replacement at Dagenham, hazard different fire spread dynamics.

Recall the @ROCKWOOLUK white-paper on the fifth facade - flat-roof construction. …

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One things for certain a significant @LondonFire response & major incident declared + another block of families displaced, with uncertain futures.

Dare say the insurance sector @BritishInsurers or mortgage providers will have a view on the fire & particularly given a number of other recent roof level fire burnouts.

This is very bad optics for the new home sec & government, when @grenfellinquiry phase 2 report is pending 4th Sept 2024.

As i said on @SophyRidgeSky following the #Chalcots emergency decants

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As with any incident or disaster, it should not be used as a political football, but sadly often is.

Now we are witnessing another reminder that a #Grenfell2 may be just around the corner.

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@LondonFire press update on #DagenhamFire

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High-reach appliances deployed to the fire involving the scaffolding & professing to roof level structure

Building known to fire service & has a range of fire safety issues - simultaneous evacuation initiated & search & rescue operations conducted

Two hospitalised & not known if smoke hoods were deployed

Major incident declared & public advised to stay away from the areas.

Cause of the fire is not known but a forensic fire investigation will be conducted by @LondonFire forensic specialists.
Some good observations from @stevedude68 on the #Dagenhamfire spread dynamics

Plus the effectiveness of the fire fighting operations.

From the photos below confirms that this is is a change of use / occupancy from office to mixed used residential & commercial

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additional two floors on roof level under permitted development introduced by @michaelgove past home sec.Image
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With all the madness in the world heres a short thread on context.

Pls read to the end, this is very serious

Im Glaswegian - Scottish - British - UK - European…….

Born here - live here & can happily be all the above at the same time & without issue


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We are but one nation represented many flags - religions - culture’s - politics spanning the earth

In comparison to planet earth each flag - religion - culture - politics is important & also insignificant

Context - Earth is tiny compared to the Sun

Our sun is tiny compared to the Sun Giants - see where I’m going with this bear with meImage
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So earth is part of the solar system

The solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy

There are infinite galaxies but we still don’t understand where is all came from.

Religions view - we are all a creation by god (which god or all gods & do gods even exist - let’s not go there!)

Vs

Scientist view - universe was created by the big bang (what came before the big bang - lets not go there either!)

Now toss in culture, politics, borders and flags & it all gets terribly complicatedImage
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