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13.0 Fire & General Risk assessments
13.1 Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy it can no longer be assumed that building regulations sign off or
fire service inspections are sufficient. At Ringley we categorize our buildings according to our risk
hierarchy; this drives the risk assessment re-inspection strategy. For extra security equipment and
strategy from each independent Chartered Surveyors risk assessment has to be agreed by the Asset
Manager Team Leader.
Generally Build to Rent developments fall under category 0 due to the extent of installed plant and
equipment meaning an annual inspection regime.
13.2 Compartmentation is the most important factor
in fire safety and fire doors form by far the
weakest point in a building, closely followed by
open ducted riser cupboards (not fire sealed at
each floor level). For this reason all Site Staff
are given on-site fire door safety training, there
being 13 tests to be carried out as part of a full
fire risk assessment and 4 tests to be carried
out by Site Staff during zoned building
inspections.
Depending on the type of door closers installed, where they can be adjusted easily by Site Staff we train
them to make simple adjustments. This training is videoed and put on the Site Staff system as a
reminder.
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