Recommendation 56: Protection of accommodation
From The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster, published 12 November 1990.
Recommendation
The regulations and the related guidance notes should promote an approach to protection of the accommodation:- (i) in which external fire protection is provided both to prevent breach of the accommodation and to maintain breathable air within it (para 19.170); and (ii) in which an integrated set of active and passive measures is provided to prevent ingress of smoke and other contaminants into the accommodation and to maintain breathable air within it (paras 19.170-171).
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.