Industry Viewfinder: Revisiting Fire Safety


“How often on average would you say these assessments pass?”


“How long does it take on average for these issues to be addressed?” HOW FIRE SAFETY IS PROGRESSING


LAST YEAR We conducted our original research into fire safety when the Building Safety Act was yet to be fully fleshed-out, and it was not yet entirely clear how far-reaching it would prove to be. At this time, our readers were feeling relatively positive when it came to


these changes – with a large majority (82%) agreeing that the proposed measures went far enough, with one respondent calling it a “restart for the industry,” and another that “it’s comprehensive given what can realistically be achieved.”


Before these changes were realised however, our original research revealed a


shocking level of fire risk among our respondents’ stock. According to our readers at this time, an average of one in five fire risk


assessments conducted highlighted a potentially fatal threat, and 22% of these failed assessments took from three years to a month to be addressed. Further to this – mirroring the suggestions made by Dame Judith Hackitt’s


Review of a poor culture of incident reporting in housing at present – 16% were revealed to have been put in a position where it would be uncomfortable to report issues of fire safety or malpractice to a superior or relevant authority, with 11% of those who hadn’t been put in such a position knowing someone who had.


28 | HMMAugust/September 2022 | www.housingmmonline.co.uk


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