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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

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High rise social housing retrofit seminar

Jan Taranczuk Vice Chair CIH London Regional Board

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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

  • f volunteers who all work in housing.
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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

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Social Housing and fire safety

  • Competent
  • Consistent
  • Responsible
  • Advice
  • Professional
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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
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What is the significance of these dates?

  • 1968
  • 1987
  • 2009
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What else keeps a housing manager awake 2

  • Elderly person found dead
  • Suicide from roof of tower block
  • Fire safety
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So what’s new?

  • The Rule 43 letters following the recent

Inquests

  • nulogic/Inside Housing survey
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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
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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
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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

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nulogic/Inside Housing survey results

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nulogic/Inside Housing survey results

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What next for?

  • Trade bodies
  • Fire and Rescue Services
  • Risk Assessors
  • Contractors
  • Residents
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Thank you!

London.Vicechair@cih.org 07970 77 99 73