Grenfell Tower Fire

Louis,

Good post, but......

I share your concern, but I hope you will forgive me for saying you have fallen into your own trap. You stated:
'arm chair' experts jump to promote theories and solutions to this tragic fire without first applying due diligence to the thought and comment

You then went on to say:
Where was the sprinkler system? ... This issue should be immediately madated in law with a given time span to retrofit buildings which are deficient.

I am not saying your answer is wrong. The fire spread up the outside of the building which would not have been prevented by a sprinkler system inside the tower block, but crucially a sprinkler system would probably have protected the escape route and allowed many more to survive.

I have seen too many regulations changing due to a knee-jerk reaction of people needing to be seen to do something which has resulted in less than optimal requirements. I would like to see the public enquiry proceeding apace and interim findings published as early as possible so that the broken parts of the system can be fixed. The questions you raise are very pertinent and if these can be answered it would go a long way to identifying where the changes need to be made. If the enquiry can also confirm that a sprinkler system would have saved lives then this will be a big boost to getting the law changed in that regard for existing tower blocks.

I think your final paragraph was a very apt summary.

Alasdair

Louis,

Good post, but......

I share your concern, but I hope you will forgive me for saying you have fallen into your own trap. You stated:
'arm chair' experts jump to promote theories and solutions to this tragic fire without first applying due diligence to the thought and comment

You then went on to say:
Where was the sprinkler system? ... This issue should be immediately madated in law with a given time span to retrofit buildings which are deficient.

I am not saying your answer is wrong. The fire spread up the outside of the building which would not have been prevented by a sprinkler system inside the tower block, but crucially a sprinkler system would probably have protected the escape route and allowed many more to survive.

I have seen too many regulations changing due to a knee-jerk reaction of people needing to be seen to do something which has resulted in less than optimal requirements. I would like to see the public enquiry proceeding apace and interim findings published as early as possible so that the broken parts of the system can be fixed. The questions you raise are very pertinent and if these can be answered it would go a long way to identifying where the changes need to be made. If the enquiry can also confirm that a sprinkler system would have saved lives then this will be a big boost to getting the law changed in that regard for existing tower blocks.

I think your final paragraph was a very apt summary.

Alasdair