Fire Safety

General fire safety recommendations

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Across 1 inquiry
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Tagged Recommendations
20 total
P1-1 Accepted
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 …
- The government accepted this recommendation in principle in January 2020 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, MHCLG, January 2020). - The …
UK Government
P1-18 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Develop stay put to evacuation transition policies
Policies be developed for managing a transition from 'stay put' to 'get out'.
- NFCC accepted all Phase 1 recommendations directed to it (NFCC Response, 2020). - The government's Phase 1 progress report stated this recommendation is complete, …
National Fire Chiefs Cou…
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 …
- NFCC accepted all Phase 1 recommendations directed to it, committing to develop national guidance across all 43 fire and rescue services in England (NFCC …
National Fire Chiefs Cou…
P1-28 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
National guidelines for high-rise evacuations
The government develop national guidelines for carrying out partial or total evacuations of high-rise residential buildings, such guidelines to include the means of protecting fire exit routes and procedures for …
- The government accepted this recommendation in principle in January 2020 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, MHCLG, January 2020). - National …
UK Government
P1-3 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
LFB to review PN633 Appendix 1
The LFB review, and revise as appropriate, Appendix 1 to PN633 to ensure that it fully reflects the principles in GRA 3.2.
- LFB accepted all Phase 1 recommendations directed to it in January 2020 (LFB Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, January 2020). - …
London Fire Brigade
P1-35 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Require clear floor number markings in high-rise buildings
In all high-rise buildings floor numbers be clearly marked on each landing within the stairways and in a prominent place in all lobbies in such a way as to be …
- The government accepted this recommendation in principle in January 2020 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, MHCLG, January 2020). - The …
UK Government
P1-36 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Require understandable fire safety instructions
The owner and manager of every residential building containing separate dwellings (whether or not it is a high-rise building) be required by law to provide fire safety instructions (including instructions …
- The government accepted this recommendation in principle in January 2020 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, MHCLG, January 2020). - The …
UK Government
P1-37 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Urgent fire door inspections required
The owner and manager of every residential building containing separate dwellings (whether or not they are high-rise buildings) carry out an urgent inspection of all fire doors to ensure that …
- The government accepted this recommendation in principle in January 2020 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, MHCLG, January 2020). - The …
Building Owners
P1-38 Accepted in Part
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Require quarterly fire door checks
The owner and manager of every residential building containing separate dwellings (whether or not they are high-rise buildings) be required by law to carry out checks at not less than …
- The government accepted this recommendation in principle in January 2020 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, MHCLG, January 2020). - The …
UK Government
P1-4 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Train LFB officers on high-rise inspections
The LFB ensure that all officers of the rank of Crew Manager and above are trained in carrying out the requirements of PN633 relating to the inspection of high-rise buildings.
- LFB accepted all Phase 1 recommendations directed to it in January 2020 (LFB Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, January 2020). - …
London Fire Brigade
P1-5 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Require building floor plans for fire services
The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to provide their local fire and rescue services with up-to-date plans in both paper and electronic form …
- The government accepted this recommendation in principle in January 2020 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, MHCLG, January 2020). - The …
UK Government
P1-6 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Require premises information boxes
The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to ensure that the building contains a premises information box, the contents of which must include a …
- The government accepted this recommendation in principle in January 2020 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, MHCLG, January 2020). - The …
UK Government
P1-8 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Require monthly firefighter lift inspections
The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to carry out regular inspections of any lifts that are designed to be used by firefighters in …
- The government accepted this recommendation in principle in January 2020 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, MHCLG, January 2020). - The …
UK Government
P1-9 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Require monthly lift control mechanism tests
The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to carry out regular tests of the mechanism which allows firefighters to take control of the lifts …
- The government accepted this recommendation in principle in January 2020 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report, MHCLG, January 2020). - The …
UK Government
P2-10 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Require fire safety strategy from registered fire engineer at Gateway 2
That it be made a statutory requirement that a fire safety strategy produced by a registered fire engineer to be submitted with building control applications (at Gateway 2) for the …
- The government accepted this recommendation in February 2025, noting a fire safety strategy is already required with building control applications for higher-risk buildings (Government …
UK Government
P2-11 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Develop new test methods for evacuation strategy assessments
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 be taken in …
- The government accepted this recommendation in February 2025, committing to work with the professional and academic community to develop new test methods for external …
UK Government
P2-12 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Clarify BS 9414 limitations requiring fire engineer assessment
BS 9414 should be approached with caution and we recommend that the government make it clear that it should not be used as a substitute for an assessment by a …
- The government accepted this recommendation in February 2025, stating it will be addressed through the Approved Document B review (Government Response to Grenfell Tower …
UK Government
P2-27 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Standardise fire control switches and keys
We are not in a position to determine whether greater standardisation of the fire control switches and keys is required. We therefore recommend that the government seeks urgent advice from …
- The government accepted this recommendation in February 2025 (Government Response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report, MHCLG, February 2025). - The government's annual …
UK Government
P2-3 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Consolidate fire safety functions under single department
That the government bring responsibility for the functions relating to fire safety currently exercised by MHCLG, the Home Office and the Department for Business and Trade into one department under …
- The government accepted this recommendation in February 2025, stating fire safety functions would move from the Home Office to MHCLG (Government Response to Grenfell …
UK Government
P2-8 Accepted
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Require fire engineer calculations for fire spread and evacuation
Calculating the likely rate of fire spread and the time required for evacuation, including the evacuation of those with physical or mental impairments, are matters for a qualified fire engineer. …
- The government accepted this recommendation in February 2025, stating it will be addressed through the ongoing Approved Document B review led by the Building …
UK Government