Fire Risk Assessments

Following investigations by FRAs within a portfolio of a social landlord properties , and following new legislation in 2006, the FRA’s highlighted that in every high rise block surveyed the bathroom extract systems had never been cleaned. The subsequent build-up of dust within these systems was highlighted as a ‘Substantial’ risk, and stated as ‘a potential fuel for fire to spread throughout the ventilation and into other areas of the building’.
DCUK FM were commissioned to re-survey 10% of the high rise housing stock. The resulting surveys concurred with the FRA’s statements but also highlighted problems associated with fans not working due to a lack of maintenance on many of the blocks and detailed where fire dampers and fire seals were present and in accordance with BS 5588-9:1999 detailed where the bathroom extracts employed a shunt system.

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