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Fines and prosecutions ‘Shocking’ fire safety failings found at care facilities


A SHELTERED housing block in Swiss Cottage and a care home in Primrose Hill were found to have fire safety risks after London Fire Brigade (LFB) inspections. Camden New Journal


reported on the ‘shocking’ list of safety issues identified at the two properties, run by not for profit Central and Cecil Housing Trust (C&C). The organisation has been ordered to ‘carry out a raft of works’ at the two properties, with Carole House – a six storey sheltered housing block – occupied by residents aged 55 and over, living independently, though ‘a proportion’ of them have limited mobility. An enforcement notice was issued at this property, as the landlords were reported to have failed to provide a ‘suitable method of giving warning in case of fire’, alongside a ‘failure to ensure employees receive adequate safety training’. LFB also noted in this case that there had been a failure to ‘provide and/or maintain adequate and clearly indicated emergency routes and exits’.


Resident Sally de Sousa, who


lives on the 250 home Oldfield estate,on which the block sits, stated: ‘I was shocked when I saw the list. Essentially it says we are at risk. I have written many emails on behalf of the tenants over the years and people will come and talk to


you and say “yes, yes”, but nothing really gets done. It’s silly, really, that they don’t listen to us. We are the best people to keep them from expensive lawsuits and deaths.’ As a former resident


representative on the trust’s board, Ms De Sousa stated that a ‘cultural change was needed within the organisation’, Compton Lodge being the care home for those ‘requiring high levels of care’. Here, LFB discovered seven safety breaches, including a ‘failure to make a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment’, and a failure to ‘provide adequate fire separation between floors’.


Responding in a statement, the trust said: ‘C&C considers the safety of its residents its highest priority and is thankful to the London Fire Brigade (LFB) for raising these issues with us.


At the time of the LFB inspections both properties had undergone fire risk assessments (FRAs) by independent qualified fire risk assessors. The issues identified in the FRAs had been scheduled and work was in progress. All actions will be completed ahead of the required timescale advised by LFB. ‘We are very pleased that the LFB has taken such an active role and helped us identify the additional safety works that were not picked up though our FRA process. We are determined to take every step to continually improve our approach to fire safety. We are keen that our FRA process is as robust as possible and to ensure future inspections completed by our appointed independent assessors are continually improved.’


Jersey company admits breaches after fire


IN MAY 2017, a fire at Petroleum Distributors Ltd in La Collette saw Jersey Fire and Rescue Service (JFRS) declare a code amber in response. Jersey Evening Post reported on


the prosecution against Petroleum Distributors Ltd, which pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws after the fire on 26 May 2017. The fuel depot fire ‘left one person in hospital’, and when JFRS responded, it eventually had to declare a code amber that ‘recalls all available off-duty and retained firefighters’. In total at its height, 25 firefighters,


14 OCTOBER 2018 www.frmjournal.com


three fire appliances, a foam tanker, two support 4x4 vehicles and a command vehicle were required. At the Royal Court, the company


admitted ‘failing to carry out a fire risk assessment’ while one of their employees was decommissioning a petrol dispenser, and ‘exposing their employee to danger’. The fire was said to have begun during that decommissioning process. Advocate Adam Harrison defended the company, entering the guilty plea, with sentencing set to take place on 28 September


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