External Walls
Recommendations relating to external wall systems and cladding
4
Recommendations
100% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (2)Accepted in part (2)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 1 inquiry
Across 1 inquiry
Tagged Recommendations
4 total
P1-1
Accepted in part
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Require external wall information for fire services
The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to provide their local fire and rescue service with information about the design of its external walls …
UK Government
P1-2
Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Train fire personnel on external wall fire risks
All fire and rescue services ensure that their personnel at all levels understand the risk of fire taking hold in the external walls of high-rise buildings and know how to …
National Fire Chiefs Cou…
P1-39
Accepted in part
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Require compliant flat entrance doors where unsafe cladding exists
All those who have responsibility in whatever capacity for the condition of the entrance doors to individual flats in high-rise residential buildings, whose external walls incorporate unsafe cladding, be required …
UK Government
P2-11
Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Develop new test methods for evacuation strategy assessments
It follows that assessing whether an external wall system can support a particular evacuation strategy is difficult because the necessary information is not always available. We therefore recommend that steps …
UK Government