Government guidance for fire risk assessors ‘beyond a joke’, Grenfell Inquiry hears

By Tom Lowe2022-03-11T11:15:00

Hearing told that there had been a “background of complacency” on fire safety in the government in years before 2017 blaze

Official guidance for fire risk assessors in the years leading up to the 2017 Grenfell Tower was so out-dated it was “beyond a joke”, a fire expert has told the inquiry into the blaze.

Dennis Davis, an executive officer at the Fire Sector Federation (FSF), said that there had been a “reluctance” in government for “any form of additional mandatory controls on business”.

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