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Fire Safety Matters Podcast - Episode 39
16 September 2024
EPISODE 39 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast features an in-depth analysis of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 final report and exclusive interviews with Tom Brookes (managing director of Zzeus Training and chair of the Fire and Security Association) and Derrick Hall, sales and marketing director at Kentec Electronics who last appeared as our guest on Episode 34.

Mark Sennett (CEO of Western Business Media and the founder of Fire Safety Matters magazine) and Brian Sims Hon FSyI (Editor of Fire Safety Matters) review the content of the 1,700-page final report into the Grenfell Tower disaster, delivered on 4 September by Inquiry Panel chair Sir Martin Moore-Bick. There’s also comment from many key practitioners in the fire safety and built environment sectors.
In conversation with Brian, Tom Brookes touches on the qualifications landscape and also offers his thoughts on the Phase 2 final report from the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry.
Derrick Hall chats to Brian about fire alarm control panel redundancy, the current standards landscape and also the ongoing issue of false fire alarms.
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