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Recommendations: Grenfell Tower Inquiry

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Recommendations issued by UK statutory and non-statutory inquiries, with their tracked government response and supporting evidence.

Recommendations

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Code	Recommendation	Inquiry	Response
P1-1	Require external wall information for fire services The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to provide their local fire and rescue service with …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-2	Train fire personnel on external wall fire risks All fire and rescue services ensure that their personnel at all levels understand the risk of fire taking hold in the external …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-3	LFB to review PN633 Appendix 1 The LFB review, and revise as appropriate, Appendix 1 to PN633 to ensure that it fully reflects the principles in GRA 3.2.	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-4	Train LFB officers on high-rise inspections The LFB ensure that all officers of the rank of Crew Manager and above are trained in carrying out the requirements of …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-5	Require building floor plans for fire services The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to provide their local fire and rescue services with …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-6	Require premises information boxes The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to ensure that the building contains a premises information …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-7	Equip fire services to receive electronic plans All fire and rescue services be equipped to receive and store electronic plans and to make them available to incident commanders and …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-8	Require monthly firefighter lift inspections The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to carry out regular inspections of any lifts that …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-9	Require monthly lift control mechanism tests The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to carry out regular tests of the mechanism which …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-10	LFB review control room communications policy The London Fire Brigade review its policies on communications between the control room and the incident commander.	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-11	Train incident commanders on control room communications All officers who may be expected to act as incident commanders (i.e. all those above the rank of Crew Manager) receive training …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-12	Train control room operators on incident commander communications All control room operators of Assistant Operations Manager rank and above receive training directed to the specific requirements of communication with the …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-13	Dedicated control room to incident commander link A dedicated communication link be provided between the senior officer in the control room and the incident commander.	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-14	Distinguish between advice and rescue callers The LFB's policies be amended to draw a clearer distinction between callers seeking advice and callers who believe they are trapped and …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-15	Regular refresher training for control room operators The LFB provide regular and more effective refresher training to control room operators at all levels, including supervisors.	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-16	Develop policies for handling multiple FSG calls All fire and rescue services develop policies for handling a large number of Fire Survival Guidance (FSG) calls simultaneously.	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-17	Electronic FSG recording and display systems Electronic systems be developed to record FSG information in the control room and display it simultaneously at the bridgehead and in any …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-18	Develop stay put to evacuation transition policies Policies be developed for managing a transition from 'stay put' to 'get out'.	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-19	Train control room staff on evacuation advice changes Control room staff receive training directed specifically to handling such a change of advice and conveying it effectively to callers.	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-20	Investigate inter-control room information sharing Steps be taken to investigate methods by which assisting control rooms can obtain access to the information available to the host control …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-21	LAS and MPS review FSG call protocols The London Ambulance Service and Metropolitan Police Service review their protocols and policies to ensure that their operators can identify FSG calls …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-22	LFB improve deployment control policies The LFB develop policies and training to ensure better control of deployments and the use of resources.	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-23	Improve crew debrief information systems The LFB develop policies and training to ensure that better information is obtained from crews returning from deployments and that the information …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-24	Direct control room to incident commander communications The LFB develop a communication system to enable direct communication between the control room and the incident commander and improve the means …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-25	Investigate modern control room to bridgehead communications The LFB investigate the use of modern communication techniques to provide a direct line of communication between the control room and the …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-26	Equipment for BA communication in high-rise buildings The LFB urgently take steps to obtain equipment that enables firefighters wearing helmets and breathing apparatus to communicate with the bridgehead effectively, …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-27	Command support system operational on all units Urgent steps be taken to ensure that the command support system is fully operative on all command units and that crews are …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-28	National guidelines for high-rise evacuations The government develop national guidelines for carrying out partial or total evacuations of high-rise residential buildings, such guidelines to include the means …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-29	Fire services develop evacuation policies and training Fire and rescue services develop policies for partial and total evacuation of high-rise residential buildings and training to support them.	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-34	Equip fire services with smoke hoods All fire and rescue services be equipped with smoke hoods to assist in the evacuation of occupants through smoke-filled exit routes.	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-35	Require clear floor number markings in high-rise buildings In all high-rise buildings floor numbers be clearly marked on each landing within the stairways and in a prominent place in all …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-36	Require understandable fire safety instructions The owner and manager of every residential building containing separate dwellings (whether or not it is a high-rise building) be required by …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-37	Urgent fire door inspections required The owner and manager of every residential building containing separate dwellings (whether or not they are high-rise buildings) carry out an urgent …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-40	Communicate Major Incident declarations to all responders Each emergency service must communicate the declaration of a Major Incident to all other Category 1 Responders as soon as possible.	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-41	Establish inter-service control room communications On the declaration of a Major Incident clear lines of communication must be established as soon as possible between the control rooms …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-42	Designate single point of contact in control rooms A single point of contact should be designated within each control room to facilitate such communication.	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-43	Use METHANE messages for Major Incidents A 'METHANE' (Major incident declared, Exact location, Type of incident, Hazards, Access, Number and type of casualties, Emergency services present and required) …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-44	Investigate LFB-MPS-LAS system compatibility Steps be taken to investigate the compatibility of the LFB systems with those of the MPS and the LAS with a view …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P1-46	Improve survivor information collection and sharing The LFB, the MPS, the LAS and the London local authorities all investigate ways of improving the collection of information about survivors …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019)	Accepted
P2-2	Review Building Safety Act higher-risk building definition That the definition of a higher-risk building for the purposes of the Building Safety Act be reviewed urgently. (113.7)	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-3	Consolidate fire safety functions under single department That the government bring responsibility for the functions relating to fire safety currently exercised by MHCLG, the Home Office and the Department …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-4	Appoint Chief Construction Adviser That the Secretary of State appoint a Chief Construction Adviser with a sufficient budget and staff to provide advice on all matters …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-5	Review statutory guidance and Approved Document B That the statutory guidance generally, and Approved Document B in particular, be reviewed accordingly and a revised version published as soon as …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-6	Add legal requirements warning to statutory guidance That a revised version of the guidance contain a clear warning in each section that the legal requirements are contained in the …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-7	Reconsider compartmentation in Approved Document B New materials and methods of construction and the practice of overcladding existing buildings make the existence of effective compartmentation a questionable assumption …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-8	Require fire engineer calculations for fire spread and evacuation Calculating the likely rate of fire spread and the time required for evacuation, including the evacuation of those with physical or mental …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-9	Include academics on statutory guidance advisory bodies That, as far as possible, membership of bodies advising on changes to the statutory guidance should include representatives of the academic community …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-10	Require fire safety strategy from registered fire engineer at Gateway 2 That it be made a statutory requirement that a fire safety strategy produced by a registered fire engineer to be submitted with …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-11	Develop new test methods for evacuation strategy assessments Assessing whether an external wall system can support a particular evacuation strategy is difficult because the necessary information is not always available. …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted
P2-12	Clarify BS 9414 limitations requiring fire engineer assessment BS 9414 should be approached with caution and we recommend that the government make it clear that it should not be used …	Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2024)	Accepted

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