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Responsible Person

The Responsible Person who is legally responsible for managing fire safety in this building is:
Fox Housing Limited of 123 Hightown Way, Smallville, AB12 3DE

Competent Person

The Competent Person who is responsible for day-to-day fire and building safety is:
The fox Housing Fire Safety Team at firesafety@foxhousing.co.uk or 0300 400 500.

Accountable People

The Accountable People who have a legal responsibility to repair any common parts of this High Rise Residential Building are:

• Fox Housing Limited (the Principal Accountable Person)
• Volpert House Management Company Limited
• Big Build Construction and Maintenance Limited

What to do if there's a fire?

This building warrants a Stay Put evacuation strategy, which means:

If the fire is in your flat

You should leave immediately.

If you see a fire in the communal area

You should leave immediately.

If there is a fire in another part of the building

Unless you are directly affected or feel unsafe you should stay put unless told otherwise.

Regular Checks

Fire Risk Assessment

Overall Risk Rating Tolerable

Completed by Fox Housing Limited

FRA was approved on 12/01/2023

FRA is due for review on 12/01/2025

Monthly Equipment Checks

Last check approved on 18 April 2024

Last month

12 of 12 dry risers checked

1 of 1 SIB documentation checked

8 Communal Doors

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Communal Door Report

36 Flat Entrance Doors

12 of 36 inspected within the past three months

24 of 36 inspected within the past six months

36 of 36 inspected within the past twelve months

What's keeping me safe?

Buildings generally have an underlying fire strategy which explains how the building should respond to fire and smoke.

View a summary of fire precautions below.

Flat Layout

Single-storey and multi-storey flats

Escape via front door only

No sprinkler or suppression systems

Entrance hallways offer fire protection

Flat entrance doors open on to corridors

Communal Layout

Single staircase

Ventilated sterile lobbies

Smoke Control

The most significant risk in a fire is often not the fire itself, but the associated smoke. Ideally the smoke's movement is restricted and ventilated away from stairwells and lobbies.

Lobbies and stairwells have mechanical smoke extraction

Flats feature protected hallways which reduce the risk of fire and smoke spread past front doors and into communal areas

Flats front doors open on to corridors reducing smoke spread into lobbies and stairwells

Lobbies are vented and sterile, serving only corridors and the lift and stairwells

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Compartmentation

Compartmentation is designed to hold back fire and in most cases smoke to stopit spreading to other parts of the building, especially along escape routes.

FD60s fire doors on escape routes rated to provide 60 mins of fire and smoke protection

The stairs and lift are within a protected firefighting shaft rated to provide 120 mins of fire protection to the walls

Fire and Smoke Detection

Inaudible detection in the communal area activates the smoke extraction system

Independent detection and audible warning is installed within individual flats

Helping Firefighters

Secure information box holds floorplans and fire precaution information

Lobby wayfinding signage indicates the floor and flat numbers in each corridor

Dry rising mains on each floor ready to supply firehoses

1100m wide firefighting escape stair to also accommodate firefighters and equipment

Protected shaft housing the staircase

Firefighting lift can be controlled by the fire service and includes backup power supplies

Building Escape

The stairs are additionally protected by sterile lobbies which serve the corridors

The distance from some flats to a protected area on an escape route exceeds 7.5m but this is supported by mechanical smoke ventilation

Emergency escape lighting is installed along all escape routes

Upcoming Improvements

Remedial Actions

Have the lightning protection system inspected and maintained by a professional contractor once per year. The lightning protection system is not currently being inspected or maintained.

Trivial Breach

Three Months

19 Sept 2023

Update the wayfinding signage. Changes to the building layout mean wayfinding signage needs updating. To assist the fire service to identify each floor in a block of flats with a top storey of more than 11m above ground level, floor identification signs and flat indicator signs should be provided.

Serious Breach

Six Months

19 Dec 2023

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