retrofit seminar Jan Taranczuk Vice Chair CIH London Regional - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

High rise social housing retrofit seminar Jan Taranczuk Vice Chair CIH London Regional Board

About the CIH • The professional membership body for those involved in housing and communities • Over 22,000 members • An international organisation • In the UK it has a regional structure, each of the 12 regions is run by a Board of volunteers who all work in housing.

Fire safety: a housing manager’s perspective • Need to inform and reassure residents • Need to inform and reassure Board and/or councillors • Need to keep up to date with Fire Risk Assessment programme • Need to understand the fire risks involved in new build and refurbishments

Social Housing and fire safety • Competent • Consistent • Responsible • Advice • Professional

What else keeps a housing manager awake? • Gas explosion • Carbon monoxide poisoning • Legionella’s disease • Asbestos contamination • Lift/hoist accident • Child safety • Playground accidents • Falling trees

What is the significance of these dates? • 1968 • 1987 • 2009

What else keeps a housing manager awake 2 • Elderly person found dead • Suicide from roof of tower block • Fire safety

So what’s new? • The Rule 43 letters following the recent Inquests • nulogic/Inside Housing survey

Lakanal House and Shirley Towers:The rule 43 letters • Guidance to residents • Signage and premises boxes • FRA policies and procedures • Staff training for maintenance work • Sprinklers

Lakanal House and Shirley Towers:The rule 43 letters 2 • Clear guidelines on “common parts” and inspection of individual properties • Sprinklers • Make Building Regulations easier to use

Lakanal House and Shirley Towers:The rule 43 letters 3 • Improve information to residents • Guidance about assessor training • Scope of FRAs • Provide fire resistant support to cable installations

nulogic/Inside Housing survey results

nulogic/Inside Housing survey results

What next for? • Trade bodies • Fire and Rescue Services • Risk Assessors • Contractors • Residents

Thank you! London.Vicechair@cih.org 07970 77 99 73