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@BldgSafetyReg @SMcPartland @LKPleasehold @michaelgove @libdemdaisy @grenfellinquiry evidenced root cause failures leading to #Grenfell & 000s of unsafe buildings stems @GOVUK

Compounded by mercenary manufacturers gaming @GOVUK system, defective design & construction enforcers missed

Leaseholders should neither pay & be compensated in full 1/
@BldgSafetyReg @SMcPartland @LKPleasehold @michaelgove @libdemdaisy @grenfellinquiry @GOVUK More over @GOVUK purpose built flat guidance stripped out the need for common fire alarms and lead to unchecked waking watch costs falling on residents

Not satisfied @GOVUK looks to industry to resolve this mess but compounding further with #EWS1 making homes worthless /2
@BldgSafetyReg @SMcPartland @LKPleasehold @michaelgove @libdemdaisy @grenfellinquiry @GOVUK Now we see core rebel MPs & @LKPleasholders celebrating @GOVUK #buildingsafetybill which is riddled with issues, lacks secondary legislation or guidance & dependant of developers pledges to fix the #buildingsafetycrisis
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@GOVUK has failed to enable the #firesafetyact /3
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#SupremeCourt to resume hearing the suo motu case regarding treatment of COVID19 patients and dignified handling of the dead. The top court had pulled up Gujarat govt for giving relief to hospital owners in state who did no comply with fire safety norms
#covid19 #firesafety Image
Justice Chandrachud discusses with Justice MR Shah on when to list the matter
#supremecourt
This matter to be listed to on Wednesday, August 18, 2021.
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Justice DY Chandrachud led bench of #SupremeCourt to shortly hear its suo motu case regarding Proper Treatment of Covid 19 Patients and Dignified Handling of Dead Bodies in the Hospitals
#covid19
Sr Adv Dushyant Dave appears

Sr Adv Maninder Singh seeks two weeks time to file a reply
Dave: Our family members have died in most unfortunate scenario in Gujarat. State has failed to take measures and its an abject failure on their part. All hearings before the commission was virtually but was of no help. This report will have no sanctity then.
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1/8 #QueensSpeech '21 is a mixed bag in terms of #EndOurCladdingScandal and for #leaseholdreform

As promised, the government has announced a bill to ban new ground rents. Commitments were made during the #FireSafetyBill debates last month to also look at forfeiture.
2/8 Implementing the rest of the Law Commission's recent reports on #leaseholdreform is expected to wait until later.

The balance of the package outlined important reforms on cheaper lease extension, easier Right To Manage and improving commonhold.

We need all these reforms.
3/8 As expected, the government also promises that the #BuildingSafetyBill is to be introduced this session.

We wait to see if the deeply unpopular Building Safety Charge is still included and how "high risk buildings" will actually be defined in the new law.
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We have also asked #Brent and #Harrow London Assembly candidates what they will do for leaseholders in #claddingscandal

We have received three responses from:
@KrupeshHirani of @UKLabour
@anton_georgiou of @LibDems
@IPriceReformUK of @reformparty_uk

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Brent and Harrow's @UKLabour candidate @KrupeshHirani speaks about @SadiqKhan's suggested levy on developers to fund to #EndOurCladdingScandal in #London.
@LibDems candidate @anton_georgiou and @LondonLibDems will focus on practical steps implemented at City Hall: not work with developers who do not fix existing buildings, and trialling a public #FireSafety register.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
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Not criticising a good deed, but there needs to be better education for drivers on how to respond to a vehicle #fires in road #tunnels. A 🧵

#firesafety #fireengineering #roadsafety #driving
Means of escape & access for the fire & rescue services are part of the design considerations for modern road tunnels.

For a single direction tunnel, the assumption is that drivers will stop before the fire & leave their vehicles, evacuating in the opposite direction.
It’s not a good idea to drive past the fire as smoke control systems will typically be designed to ventilate smoke in the direction of travel & protect the means of escape/firefighter access route.

Passing the fire can lead to you being trapped in hot smoke & unable to breath.
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(THREAD) Please read in its entirety. PREPARE TODAY for the significant icing, snow, and sleet expected for Thursday. Unfortunately, this storm is expected to impact the area's hardest hit from the last storm. 🧊 Ice storms can leave you in the dark. Power outages can last
Once again, widespread power outages, significant tree damage, and travel disruptions are expected.
Forecasts can change quickly. Continue to monitor the forecast for your area! Have multiple ways to get alerts and warnings. Always have multiple ways to get informed during an emergenc
Charge your devices! 📲 Take inventory of what you need that relies on electricity, especially for medical reasons. Charge your devices! Take inventory of what you need that re
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1/7 The Government’s handling of the cladding crisis has lacked any sense of grip or urgency. We have deep concerns that people are being put at risk, trapped in flammable buildings for a third lockdown, with leaseholders placed in an impossible position.
telegraph.co.uk/property/uk/la…
2/7 Ministers promised over15 times that cladding costs wouldn't be passed on to leaseholders, but have broken their promises. Labour has tabled more amendments to the #FireSafetyBill to lock into law the principle that leaseholders are protected from unfair fire safety costs.
3/7 Labour is supportive of other amendments which help achieve this goal. The amendment tabled by McPartland and Smith provides welcome clarity on the specific costs that would be prevented from being passed on to leaseholders, but Labour has sought to go further.
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@sarahjolney1 @mhclg 1/3 Sadly waking watch relief fund should be called the fire alarm relief fund

I’d surmise @govuk had the £30mil in contingency, they know fine well @mhclg backed @lgahousing guidance repeatedly stressed communal fire alarms = false fire alarms (see heard and embedded posts)
@sarahjolney1 @mhclg @GOVUK @lgahousing 2/3 @mhclg have been very sly in down grading the standards in the building safety fund from new build combustible cladding ban to intended pre #grenfell standards

This reduces the number to blocks in scope for limited funding & demand on sector = quicker recovery

Is it safe?
@sarahjolney1 @mhclg @GOVUK @lgahousing 3/3 Why is @mhclg gifting @RICSnews £700k of public funds for #EWS1 which remains open to fraud

When Australian - Victoria came up with a more robust federal audit regime in Nov 2017

+ no ghastly wait on #Hackitt white elephant or new Legislation - when operation clean sweep
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Yesterday I called on @BorisJohnson, key ministers & stakeholders to launch a #publicinquiry into UK #Hospital #FireSafety.

As the second wave of #covid19 picks up critical mass must address the plethora of fire safety defects & concerns.

Press DM for comment
We do appear to have a fire safety problem in UK hospitals

@ukhomeoffice stats indicates an alarming number of fires in high rise hospitals & in the thread woefully inadequate PFI new build quality to legacy issues.
When @NFCC_FireChiefs @labcuk both advise member enforcement agencies to take a soft touch to fire safety in mega #nightinggale field hospitals & significant departures from Health technical memorandum (HTM) Firecode alarm bells are ringing.
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😀👋Welcome #30days30waysUK where on day 19 September is Preparedness Month we jump right in with our top #FireSafety topic #SafeEscape.

Video @cambsfrs ▶️🔉

[open thread ⏬]

Make your home safer from fire risk NOW - this weekend - and 'Stop The Clock' with this video from @Norfolkfire.
#FireSafety personal #preparedness saves lives and property.

Unfortunately for this year there is no new #30days30waysUK #SafeEscape video but take another look at this one from @northantsfire last year
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😃👋 Welcome to #30days30waysUK 2020 🇬🇧
the 6th edition of the ‘September is #Preparedness Month’.
1⃣ join 30days30waysuk.org.uk/join
2⃣ follow #30days30waysUK like+share
3⃣ access daily resource links
⬇️bookmarks this master thread directory

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Wow 🤩 What a day!! Over 100 partners taking part on the first day!!
What a fantastic start for this years #30Days30WaysUK Thank you so much 👏🏻
We are so excited for this year - stay with us! it’s going to be a great September!!
Here are some of our partners 👇
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21 day deadline count down for @ProSecurityMag #TPSO #firespecial submission deadline

Get your article in to @SecurityRollo or myself as guest editor by 21st August for the bumper September #Firespecial

#security #fire #firerisk #firesafety #majorincident #disasterresponse Image
Day 1/21 @ProSecurityMag #TPSO September 2020 #firespecial

Submission deadline - 21st August

Day 1 #Arson

The #security professionals role in arson assessment, prevention, control & response

DM your views, articles & comments @SecurityRollo or myself ImageImageImageImage
Day 2/21 @ProSecurityMag #TPSO September 2020 #firespecial

Submission deadline - 21st August

Day 2 #FirePrevention

The #security professionals role in fire prevention - tactics beyond security patrols.

DM your views, articles & comments @SecurityRollo or myself ImageImageImageImage
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@sloumarsh @denis_campbell @guardian @Robert_Booth

Following @KingsCritCare closure due to fire safety concerns

wider UK Healthcare fire cases THREAD
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failures by @NHSuk @DHSCgovuk to assure safety following five london hospital fires & post #grenfell

theguardian.com/society/2020/j…
Major life loss events to fire in health care premisses are rare but not unknown.

However during 2008/2009 the sector was rocked by the five London hospital fires + one more during this pan-london post incidence report

preventionweb.net/files/13954_re…
In 2010 health sector was hit with austerity cuts from which NHS has never truly recovered

Estates & safety budgets were decimated.

Compounding issues faced by under resourced fire safety managers.

However, what happend in new Hospitals accross the country was criminal
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I meant to put together a #firesafety thread for #PetFireSafetyDay today but instead I spent pretty much all day kissing this face. Could I have been more productive, maybe, but look at that face! So here’s a thread of fire safety & pet fire safety tips I’ve tweeted in the past: Image
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@GeoffWilkinson @SadiqKhan @NightingaleLDN @fionatwycross @LondonFire @NFCC_FireChiefs @JuliaHB1 As Geoff points out we don’t see approvals or full robust fire safety strategy for @NightingaleLDN

Concerning the basis of HTM05-02 progressive horizontal evacuation - during a fire incident moving patients from a fire area to adjacent safe zone appears to be abandoned.
@GeoffWilkinson @SadiqKhan @NightingaleLDN @fionatwycross @LondonFire @NFCC_FireChiefs @JuliaHB1 In very high dependence units progressive evacuation may result in a fatality so fire tight boxed by compartmentation & sub-compartments permits defend in place + evacuation only as a last resort.

It’s unclear how this will be achieved in @NightingaleLDN
@GeoffWilkinson @SadiqKhan @NightingaleLDN @fionatwycross @LondonFire @NFCC_FireChiefs @JuliaHB1 With such expansive uncompartmented floor areas clearly not complying with the core requirements of HTM05-02

More over where very high dependancy areas such as ICU / ACU patient areas are designated & requiring a smaller sub-compartments units to limit fuel load + fire spread
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@SadiqKhan @NightingaleLDN @fionatwycross @LondonFire @NFCC_FireChiefs @labcuk @GeoffWilkinson Learned nothing from #grenfell or #summerlands

Now were loading #covid19 #NightingaleHospital with PVC fuel load + oxygen supply

+ non-complaint compartments

+ Reg bodies stating don’t expect building standards submissions!

= disaster in waiting

am-clad.com/blogs/news/hug…
@SadiqKhan @NightingaleLDN @fionatwycross @LondonFire @NFCC_FireChiefs @labcuk @GeoffWilkinson Clip from the 1973 #summerlandfire (pic 3&4) which resulted in 50 fatalities - due to plastic materials + large in compartmented spaces

Now picture the same fire scenario @NightingaleLDN 4,000 bed mega filed hospital (pic 1&2) which approvals are suspect

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@suejbright @insidehousing @MancCommunities @RobertJenrick @NFCC_FireChiefs Thanks for the inclusion & interested to see your + @nearlylegal views

Quick #firesafety response & then detail

A) Reject the letter: waking watch (+fire & security) personal are designated safety critical key worker status under @mhclg guidance

gov.uk/guidance/remed…
@suejbright @insidehousing @MancCommunities @RobertJenrick @NFCC_FireChiefs @nearlylegal @mhclg B) Here’s the key extracts from @mhclg guidance

Waking watch is specifically designated as safety critical -

“providing a vital public safety function to keep homes safe ..... during #covid19
@suejbright @insidehousing @MancCommunities @RobertJenrick @NFCC_FireChiefs @nearlylegal @mhclg C) Building owner or landlord superiors (responsible person under the fire safety order) + person having control over the building (property manager or agent)

As such they are responsible for assessing (all) risks & making buildings safe - not residents

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
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😀👋Hello and welcome to day 17 #30days30waysUK where today’s topic is #SafeEscape. Everyone needs a fire escape plan and practise it so you know what to do in an emergency and be prepared; not like...😉
We're joined by many partners and @northantsfire who have done another video for #30days30waysUK @30Days30WaysUK this year on #FireSafety and #SafeEscape. Take a look below 🔉

If you haven’t done so already on day 13 #30days30waysUK, take a look at our #SafeEscape template. Change it to your needs. Make your own plan. Discuss with the family. Follow #30days30waysUK for top tips today on #FireSafety
bit.ly/SafeEscapeFloo… Image
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Welcome to day 13 #30days30waysUK where our topic is #SafeNight. Every night should be a safe night...
... unfortunately however, emergencies can also happen at night but there is a lot you can do to be prepared and stay safe. Today, we’re again joined by many partners and @northantsfire.
Start by taking a look at their #30days30waysUK video 🔊

Another excellent #FireSafety video is by @Norfolkfire which highlights the risks in your home room by room and gives advice on how to make it safer. Take a look 🔊

bit.ly/NorfolkFRSvide…

#30days30waysUK #SafeNight #SafeEscape
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😃👋 Welcome to #30days30waysUK 2019🇬🇧
🎀🎉 the 5th anniversary edition of the ‘September is #Preparedness Month’ games on social media:
1⃣ game rules: bit.ly/rules30days30w…
2⃣ follow #30days30waysUK, like-share-reply
3⃣ do the daily challenges

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😃🙌👏first, #shoutouts to our international friends
🇺🇸 running #30days30ways USA
🇭🇷 running #30days30waysCR Croatia
@globalnetworkdr members who are looking at how to run #preparedness games in their communities.

#DRR #EMGtwitter #SMEM @UNDRR @PreventionWeb

⬇️ daily thread
Day 1 #30days30waysUK is about #WhatEmergency to #UnderstandRisk – your thread is at

🤔Games rules: bit.ly/rules30days30w…
🙂Email sign up: bit.ly/subscribe30day…
😎Participate: follow & post using #30days30waysUK
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#SMEM #EMGtwitter
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Welcome to day 23 September is #PreparednessMonth. Emergencies can also happen at night and so we're joined by @northantsfire and many others talking about #HazardHunt, #FireSafety and how to be better prepared for a #SafeEscape evacuation at night.

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Let's begin with this excellent dramatization video from 🇨🇦by @The_Cooperators illustrating why personal #preparedness is crucial for #SafeEscape, #HomeFiresafety
😴⏰🔥😱↔️Being woken up by your fire alarm in the middle of the night is not fun and can be highly disorienting. A safe escape in such a situation may well depend on previous experience. Practise means you will be ready and better prepared.
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