Oh dear oh dear oh dear!
Havent we got ourselves into a tizzy. We dont even know what happened in London yet and here we all are spurting off in all directions declaring that compartmentation is useless, that no one ever does their jobs properly to check the integrity of fire resistance and the whole thing goes to rat poo poo.
Of course compartmentation gets breached in some cases, Im a realist Nearlythere I know what goes on. But because Im a realist I also know a full evacuation policy will never work either
And NT go ahead put in a common fire alarm system I truly understand your logic IF the compartmentation is crap I really really do, but alas Im afraid the system will get vandalised, Im afraid the alarm will be going off every five minutes causing complaceny amongst residents who will be sick and tired of the alarm activating and wont move when there is actually a genuine emergency.
Can we all just slow down a bit take a chill pill and await the findings of the fire investigators before we start whining on about this that and the other. Midland Retty pointed out we won't know what's happened til the investigation is complete and looking at the footage of this horrible blaze I have my own opinions on what may have occurred. But I wasn't there, you weren't there. The experts will determine the cause, lets await their findings before going off on one and declaring the world has fallen of its axis and that tower blocks are the most unsafe things in the world.