![]() Is a fire alarm needed in that case in the communal area? How will any tenant be aware of a fire starting in the communal area if there is no fire alarm installed? ![]() The stair case and the floors are build in wood with plaster board on the ceilings. How can you be so sure that the "stay put policy" is the right decision? I don't know when the conversion took place and how do I know that every flat is a fire resistant box? Which is the right approach concerning a house built in 1920 and which has been converted in a 3 storey block of flats with 4 to 6 flats? I read the Lacors guide and the Fire safety in purpose built blocks of flats but the first one was done in 2008 and the second on 2011 and they contradicting each other in many points. I am myself qualified to do Fire Risk assessment but I am still getting experience on the field. I was in touch with the inspector and I asked him why there are no specific laws about the regulations with clear guidance as it looks like grey areas and he agreed with me. I am running a large portfolio of properties where FRA and implementations are required and I have used a qualified experienced fire risk assessor to do the job but I have leaseholders challenging his competence and they approached an inspector of the fire brigade who rejected his assessment in a purpose built block of flats where he asked for a breaking point fire alarm system and the inspector insisted that a stay put policy is appropriate and no fire alarm is needed and might even be dangerous.
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