Posts Tagged ‘fire safety’
Unite Students applies to remove cladding from seven-storey blocks
Company reviewed cladding and fire safety remedial work following building safety advice
Read MoreCampaigners welcome plans for extra staircases at Holloway prison development – but say social housing must be preserved
Additional safety measures to be brought in for tower blocks over 30 metres in height
Read More‘Difficult decision’: Council bans barbecues in Islington’s parks and open spaces
‘What we know about air pollution means it is not something we can support any more,’ says environment boss
Read MoreResidents urged to take care when charging e-scooters and electric bikes after six fires in the past year
New borough commander Karl Smith says incidents involcing lithium batteries are on his radar
Read More‘Let’s not wait until there is another fire’: Islington Council to improve staff training following tower block blaze
Cllr Phil Graham, whose Bunhill ward includes Godfrey House, said: ‘It’s something that’s very, very important’
Read MoreIslington Council’s fire safety training under the spotlight as councillors vent anger over lack of communication
Housing scrutiny committee chair and ward representatives complain that they were not made aware of a fire enforcement notice at a local tower block
Read MoreLitany of fire safety issues at Islington tower block saw council slapped with an enforcement notice
London Fire Brigade inspectors visited Godfrey House after a blaze gutted a 16th-floor flat back in April
Read MoreVulnerable residents at risk of being ‘left behind’ in fires, councillors warn
Town Hall urged to look again at personal emergency evacuation plans for council housing residents
Read MoreTwo council blocks could get uPVC windows despite concerns they will ‘fuse shut’ in fire
Town Hall gives thumb-up to plastic rather than wood as it will not ‘significantly harm’ the look of the buildings
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