RONA-46 Response Historic AI-assessed

Revise Fire Regulations for high-rise structural behaviour during normal intensity fires

Recommendation

The Fire Regulations should be revised to take account of the behaviour of the structure of high rise buildings in the event of fire of normal intensity {paragraph 216}.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence has been identified in the provided official sources detailing the revision of Fire Regulations to specifically account for the behaviour of the structure as a whole and the effect of fire on structural integrity, as recommended by the Ronan Point Inquiry. Generic searches for 'fire regulations' on gov.uk did not yield specific documents confirming this action.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 19 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Inquiry Ronan Point Inquiry
Report Ronan Point Inquiry — Final Report 06 Nov 1968
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Themes & Tags
Fire risk assessment failures Public Infrastructure Physical Hazards
Recommendation age 57.4 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates