High rise social housing retrofit seminar Jan Taranczuk Vice Chair CIH London Regional Board
About the CIH • The professional membership body for those involved in housing and communities • Over 22,000 members • An international organisation • In the UK it has a regional structure, each of the 12 regions is run by a Board of volunteers who all work in housing.
Fire safety: a housing manager’s perspective • Need to inform and reassure residents • Need to inform and reassure Board and/or councillors • Need to keep up to date with Fire Risk Assessment programme • Need to understand the fire risks involved in new build and refurbishments
Social Housing and fire safety • Competent • Consistent • Responsible • Advice • Professional
What else keeps a housing manager awake? • Gas explosion • Carbon monoxide poisoning • Legionella’s disease • Asbestos contamination • Lift/hoist accident • Child safety • Playground accidents • Falling trees
What is the significance of these dates? • 1968 • 1987 • 2009
What else keeps a housing manager awake 2 • Elderly person found dead • Suicide from roof of tower block • Fire safety
So what’s new? • The Rule 43 letters following the recent Inquests • nulogic/Inside Housing survey
Lakanal House and Shirley Towers:The rule 43 letters • Guidance to residents • Signage and premises boxes • FRA policies and procedures • Staff training for maintenance work • Sprinklers
Lakanal House and Shirley Towers:The rule 43 letters 2 • Clear guidelines on “common parts” and inspection of individual properties • Sprinklers • Make Building Regulations easier to use
Lakanal House and Shirley Towers:The rule 43 letters 3 • Improve information to residents • Guidance about assessor training • Scope of FRAs • Provide fire resistant support to cable installations
nulogic/Inside Housing survey results
nulogic/Inside Housing survey results
What next for? • Trade bodies • Fire and Rescue Services • Risk Assessors • Contractors • Residents
Thank you! London.Vicechair@cih.org 07970 77 99 73
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