Stay Put Policy

[fuzzy]

The biggest concern of mine would be those in communal areas, ie: cleaners, maintenance, delivery people, etc. Imo, it is very possible that those people could be walking down a corridor towards a fire without any knowledge of it.

The clue would be the hot orangey thing with smoke coming out of it.  Those of us in the trade call them fires!

When walking down a corridor towards a fire I may think "oh a fire!" and perhaps decide to leave.

I'm getting worried about the way this risk asessment lark is panning out.

The problem is, those not in the trade don't pay attention until its too late. A fire could quite happily have been burning away inside a flat for 30 mins or more, rendering occupants of flat unconcious or worse. That fire won't be contained forever.

Maybe I'm too paranoid.

[wee brian]

Yes you are. Try yoga.

[CivvyFSO]

The problem is, those not in the trade don't pay attention until its too late. A fire could quite happily have been burning away inside a flat for 30 mins or more, rendering occupants of flat unconcious or worse. That fire won't be contained forever.

Maybe I'm too paranoid.

Within 30 minutes there is an extremely good chance that the fire would have popped out of the window and will be noticed by a passer by. Theres no excuse not to have detection in the flat to warn the occupant.

[alfi]

Is there a need for fire extinguishers in private residential blocks in the common areas, above the car park or does this just aply to places of work and car parks etc

[wee brian]

Theres a lot of confusion about this - but its a different thread - ask your question in a new thread.

[Big T]

(Excluding HMO's and sheltered) The theory behind stay out is that in real terms you will not get a measured response from the residents. Some will be out, some drunk, some asleep, some refusing to leave etc. Installing an alarm only panics people who are unlikely to be affected by the fire. smoke detection in the flat provides early warning to the resident who will leave, call the brigade and perhaps alert  residents in the vacinity (next door neighbour etc) Call points get set off by yobs and drunks and inevitably will cause a fire alrm system to become ignored by the residents very quickly. Correct me if i'm wrong, The recommendations that came out of the stevenage fire was that communal fire alarms should be removed?

[wee brian]

Yup