|
Brian Sims
Editor |
| Home> | Fire | >Fire and Rescue | >LGA recommends sprinkler regulation changes |
| Home> | Fire | >Suppression | >LGA recommends sprinkler regulation changes |
LGA recommends sprinkler regulation changes
01 April 2019
THE LOCAL Government Association (LGA) says the height threshold at which automatic fire suppression systems are required in residential buildings in England should be lowered to 18 metres, down from the current 30-metre/10-storey limit.
It is also urging the Government to require automatic fire suppression systems to be installed in all new premises where vulnerable people sleep, including care homes and residential schools.
The LGA says existing proposals for a 30-metre threshold is too high given the practicalities of firefighting.
Cllr Ian Stephens, chair of the LGA’s fire services management committee, told the LGA’s annual fire conference in Brighton, “Residents have a right to be safe and to feel safe in their homes and automatic fire suppression systems, which can include sprinklers, offer a strong reassurance that is urgently needed following the Grenfell Tower tragedy."
- Tenants will not ‘stay put’
- BSIA appoint Pauline Norstrom as Honorary Member
- Fire Safety Event and Security Event - Live
- Merseyside property failings realise £30,000 fine for HMO management company
- Cyber Security in an access control world
- Perimeter security combats boiler thefts
- Crown Prosecution Service brings Coronavirus criminals to justice
- Nightclub in dock after patron set alight
- Northampton restaurant owner fined for breaching Prohibition Notice
- ASIS research explores the state of security convergence
