57% Of Respondents Not Given Fire Safety Information By Landlord

A survey by a single property group found 57% of respondents have not been given any fire safety information by their landlord, with 33% having only “basic information” and 14% thinking information they were given on fire safety to be good. Horbury Property Services, part of the Horbury Group, ran a survey to mark Fire Door Safety Week. Despite references to a lack of information, the survey found fire safety knowledge to be improved over the 2017 Fire Door Safety Week survey – 68% of those surveyed knew that a fire door should be inspected every six months. In the same survey 12 months earlier, only 40% of those surveyed answered correctly. Read more on 24housing.

https://www.24housing.co.uk/news/survey-shows-57-of-respondents-not-given-fire-safety-information-by-landlord/

Councils Find Tens Of Thousands Of Faulty Fire Doors As Grenfell Exposes 'Decades Of Neglect'

The Grenfell fire has exposed “decades of neglect” in public housing as councils scramble to replace tens of thousands of faulty fire doors. Local authorities face huge bills to upgrade inadequate and badly-fitted doors, with one fire safety expert saying at least 1 million need replacing in the long-term. Another said 70% of the doors inspected are not fit for purpose, and accused authorities of only seriously acting on the issue in the wake of the west London disaster. While much of the focus since the blaze has been on cladding, the Grenfell Inquiry revealed the spread of the fire was partly due to more than 100 fire doors which did not meet building regulations. Read more on the Huff Post website.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/grenfell-fire-doors_uk_5b1ec6dbe4b0bbb7a0e02b6e?guccounter=1