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PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ADVICE
Learning from incidents
Peter Holland CBE QFSM FIFireEChief Fire and Rescue Adviser UK Government
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TRAVEL!
Context
•Fast moving world
•Not keeping pace
•Modern methods of construction
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Martin Shipp’s wake up call
•Deaf ears?
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Design, build, occupy
FIRE
Investigate, Analyse, Learn
Lessons
Review ops procedures, Testing regimes, Building Codes,
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Lessons - both high rise
• Southampton,Deaths of 2 Firefighters
• London, Deaths of 6 occupants
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Southampton
• Firefighting techniques; Searching; Ventilation,
• Thermal Imagers
• Cables dropping
• Unusual design – Poor signage
• No sprinklers
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Lakanal House,London
• Unusual fire spread – downwards !
• Failure of fire protection
• No fire alarm or sprinklers
• Lift Failure – 11th floor
• Poor fire safety information to occupiers
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Coroners Duty – Rule 43
• Letter to persons of influence to avoid a repeat
• Government
• Fire and Rescue Service
• Housing providers
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•BRE Fire reconstruction
•Child fire deaths
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•Significant major events from which services
learn
•But this should include the whole industry,
not in isolation.
•Role for IFE?
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IFE Sharing platform?
•Broad Church of members
•International Branch Network
•CPD
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Near Misses
•Missed opportunities
•Incident Recording System (UK)
•Structure, contents, people, behaviour
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Structure
•Sandwich panels
•Deaths of two fire-fighters
•We knew about LISPs
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Contents
•Foam-filled furniture
•Unusual fire spread
•USA
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People behaviour
•Did they get out safely
•Audit of fire safety strategy
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New Methods of Construction
• Can building codes and test standards keep pace ?
• Sustainable – Not when it burns down !
• Lessons from Sandwich Panels – Superb construction
material – BUT !
• Need to keep up to speed ! – Huge challenge globally
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Review Codes & Standards
• If strong evidence provided building
codes and testing of materials will
improve accordingly
• Let us learn from each other !
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THANK YOU !
Peter Holland CBE QFSM FIFireE
Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser