We’ve been out checking today
Clearly a check needs to be made on those blocks which have not recently been redecorated to ensure notices are up to date.
Fire procedure notice
We think that the housing department needs to proactively communicate with tenants to reassure them following this weeks tragic news from London.
Combustible storage notice
York has relatively few high rise blocks but, even at those with 2 or 3 storeys, checks need to be made on alarm systems, lighting, fire doors and electrical safety.
The results of the latest Fire Service safety audit needs to be publicly displayed in each block
We think that tenants should be offered smoke alarms and free electrical equipment safety checks.
We hope that the council will ensure that both primary and secondary safety requirements are highlighted in any planning decisions made on new or modernised flat developments ( including conversions such as the one agreed for the former Nestle factory as recently as Thursday).
Fire exit direction sign
Finally the Council needs to reconsider whether it should be consulting on transferring its stock into the management of an “arms length company”. This weeks events point to the insensitivity of such arrangements with both tenants and Councillors frustrated at a lack of engagement by officials.
Better to refine the tried and tested Council housing model which at least allows tenants to exercise some control through the ballot box.
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