Public Inquiry Recommendations

The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to prepare personal emergency evacuation plans (PEEPs) for all …

The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to include up-to-date information about persons with reduced mobility …

All fire and rescue services be equipped with smoke hoods to assist in the evacuation of occupants through smoke-filled exit routes.

In all high-rise buildings floor numbers be clearly marked on each landing within the stairways and in a prominent place in all …

The owner and manager of every residential building containing separate dwellings (whether or not it is a high-rise building) be required by …

The owner and manager of every residential building containing separate dwellings (whether or not they are high-rise buildings) carry out an urgent …

The owner and manager of every residential building containing separate dwellings (whether or not they are high-rise buildings) be required by law …

All those who have responsibility in whatever capacity for the condition of the entrance doors to individual flats in high-rise residential buildings, …

Each emergency service must communicate the declaration of a Major Incident to all other Category 1 Responders as soon as possible.

On the declaration of a Major Incident clear lines of communication must be established as soon as possible between the control rooms …

A single point of contact should be designated within each control room to facilitate such communication.

A 'METHANE' (Major incident declared, Exact location, Type of incident, Hazards, Access, Number and type of casualties, Emergency services present and required) …

Steps be taken to investigate the compatibility of the LFB systems with those of the MPS and the LAS with a view …

Steps be taken to ensure that the airborne datalink system on every NPAS helicopter observing an incident which involves one of the …

The LFB, the MPS, the LAS and the London local authorities all investigate ways of improving the collection of information about survivors …

That the government draw together under a single regulator all the functions relating to the construction industry to which we have referred. …

That the definition of a higher-risk building for the purposes of the Building Safety Act be reviewed urgently. (113.7)

That the government bring responsibility for the functions relating to fire safety currently exercised by MHCLG, the Home Office and the Department …

That the Secretary of State appoint a Chief Construction Adviser with a sufficient budget and staff to provide advice on all matters …

That the statutory guidance generally, and Approved Document B in particular, be reviewed accordingly and a revised version published as soon as …

That a revised version of the guidance contain a clear warning in each section that the legal requirements are contained in the …

New materials and methods of construction and the practice of overcladding existing buildings make the existence of effective compartmentation a questionable assumption …

Calculating the likely rate of fire spread and the time required for evacuation, including the evacuation of those with physical or mental …

That, as far as possible, membership of bodies advising on changes to the statutory guidance should include representatives of the academic community …

That it be made a statutory requirement that a fire safety strategy produced by a registered fire engineer to be submitted with …

Assessing whether an external wall system can support a particular evacuation strategy is difficult because the necessary information is not always available. …

BS 9414 should be approached with caution and we recommend that the government make it clear that it should not be used …

That the construction regulator should be responsible for assessing the conformity of construction products with the requirements of legislation, statutory guidance and …

a) that copies of all test results supporting any certificate issued by the construction regulator be included in the certificate; b) that …

That the profession of fire engineer be recognised and protected by law and that an independent body be established to regulate the …

That the government take urgent steps to increase the number of places on high-quality masters level courses in fire engineering accredited by …

That the government convene a group of practitioner and academic fire engineers and such other professionals as it thinks fit to produce …

That the government, working in collaboration with industry and professional bodies, encourage the development of courses in the principles of fire engineering …

We recognise that both the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have taken steps since the …

That it be made a statutory requirement that an application for building control approval in relation to the construction or refurbishment of …

That a licensing scheme operated by the construction regulator be introduced for principal contractors wishing to undertake the construction or refurbishment of …

That the government appoint an independent panel to consider whether it is in the public interest for building control functions to be …

We recommend that the same panel consider whether all building control functions should be performed by a national authority. (113.38)

We have referred to the Cladding Materials Library set up by the University of Queensland, which could form the basis of a …

That it be made a legal requirement for the government to maintain a publicly accessible record of recommendations made by select committees, …

That the government establish a system of mandatory accreditation to certify the competence of fire risk assessors by setting standards for qualification …

We are not in a position to determine whether greater standardisation of the fire control switches and keys is required. We therefore …

That every gas transporter be required by law to check the accessibility of each [pipeline isolation] valve on its system at least …

That the government establish [an independent College of Fire and Rescue] immediately with sufficient resources to provide the following services nationally: a) …

That [the college] should have a permanent staff of sufficient size to manage its operations and develop its functions in response to …

That His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (the Inspectorate) inspect the London Fire Brigade as soon as reasonably …

That as soon as reasonably possible the Inspectorate inspect the London Fire Brigade to examine and report on the arrangements it has …

That as soon as reasonably practicable the Inspectorate inspect the LFB to examine and report on its arrangements for collecting, storing and …

That the London Fire Brigade establish effective standing arrangements for collecting, considering and effectively implementing lessons learned from previous incidents, inquests and …

That fire and rescue services that continue to use low power intrinsically safe radios as part of breathing apparatus consider reserving them …