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GRENFELL TOWER FIRE

The cladding was not fireproof but just fire resistant and the mistake was that the building regulations did not spot the difference quickly enough.  The survivors are looking for someone to blame but this is not appropriate as it was a mistake by the authorities not the design engineers..

BUT more importantly what do we do about the other buildings that are at risk; to avoid another disaster?

Well, the fire fighters problem was that they could not get up above the fire and douse it or rescue the residence in the upper floors.

SO priority must be to remove the cladding on the tall tower blocks first and at the same time arrange for roof access for all residents in the case of fires.  Once the roof is a secure place then crane helicopters can be used to evacuate any residents that are unable to escape downwards due to the fire. 

In my book, the loss of life at Grenfell would have been minimal if the roof had been equipped with a secure area, i.e a fireproof [asbestos cement clad] container on its roof.
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  • Naj93:

    What is also worrying, is how the fire broke outside of the flat. Either through an extract fan or the window, both of which should not have happened so soon.




    I think the design theory is based on the the fire eventually breaking out of the fire compartment through external windows, but that the external spread should then be limited by a lack of combustible material - perhaps initially only involving the compartment directly above as the window of that compartment breaks due to heat and the flames enter that compartment from the outside.


    I believe that the theory is that this should give firefighters time to mount an attack on the fire in the fire compartment and also to deploy resources to deal with any potential spread to the compartment above.

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  • Naj93:

    What is also worrying, is how the fire broke outside of the flat. Either through an extract fan or the window, both of which should not have happened so soon.




    I think the design theory is based on the the fire eventually breaking out of the fire compartment through external windows, but that the external spread should then be limited by a lack of combustible material - perhaps initially only involving the compartment directly above as the window of that compartment breaks due to heat and the flames enter that compartment from the outside.


    I believe that the theory is that this should give firefighters time to mount an attack on the fire in the fire compartment and also to deploy resources to deal with any potential spread to the compartment above.

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