GMFRS has responded to concerns about fire safety in high rise buildings and in the months after Grenfell Tower inspected every high rise residential building in Greater Manchester, working with housing providers, local authorities and buildings in private ownership to make sure the right fire safety advice is in place.
We continue to work with housing providers and managing agents to ensure that any fire safety problems are identified and addressed.
In some cases we’ve requested a review of the Fire Risk Assessment or for the building owner/managing agent to identify and inform us what type of cladding system is installed on the building.
The responsibility for fire safety for high rise buildings can be shared between a number of parties – in private blocks the managing agent may have day to day responsibility but overall responsibility is likely to lie with the leasehold management company, the freeholder or be shared by both. Where the building is operated by a social landlord they will normally be responsible for the fire safety.