“A serious failure of a smoke ventilation system that resulted in the building acting like a “broken chimney” left residents’ only escape route smoke logged during the New Providence Wharf fire...” @weareballymore #newprovidencewharf london-fire.gov.uk/news/2021-news…
"It is the responsibility of the building owner or manager to make sure the AOV, which is designed to ventilate and extract smoke during a fire to help residents escape, operates correctly."
"Had it not been for the exceptional actions of our firefighters and 999 control officers this could have had tragic consequences." thank you @LondonFire 💚
"In total 34 persons were rescued from block D by
@LondonFire crews, who led them to safety via the stairwell; 22 smoke hoods were used." - smoke hoods are one of the #Grenfell inquiry recommendations. 💚
@LondonFire crews, who led them to safety via the stairwell; 22 smoke hoods were used." - smoke hoods are one of the #Grenfell inquiry recommendations. 💚
"...the AFD Control Panel and it was agreed that the AFD Control Panel would be seized by under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 as part of the investigative process." - AFD = Automatic Fire Detectors
The importance of fire door inspections & professional fitting "...This left a gap around the door frame. The size of this gap varied between a number of doors examined. This would have allowed smoke penetration around all sides of the frame."
"Of those flats examined, twenty-four had the same type of (electrical) consumer unit. Only one of these twenty-four consumer units had a date recorded on its installation sticker."
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