The Minister of State for Building Safety and Fire, Lord Greenhalgh, said: Homeowners and tenants via their landlords are facing astronomical hikes in their service charges, or are finding themselves trapped and being unable to sell, due to the employment of Waking Watch patrols which costs a phenomenal amount – especially when you consider the efficacy of a fire patrol team (and no, not a live-in Fire Brigade) in comparison to an automatic fire alarm and detection system. Here’s the latest phase of funds announced: The Waking Watch Replacement FundĪ Waking Watch Replacement Fund has recently been announced (10th January 2022), offering up a further £27m to pay for the costs of installing a fire alarm where Waking Watching is employed in residential buildings within England at a cost to leaseholders. The fund has reopened various times over the last two years. “If there is a fire, you need to get the hell out.”)
(Specifically, that relates to buildings deemed as needing to adapt their fire evacuation strategy from ‘Stay Put’ to ‘Simultaneous Evacuation’ as per the National Fire Chief Council’s (NFCC) advice, i.e. The Government announced a Waking Watch Relief Fund of £30m in 2020 to assist high-rise buildings with common fire alarms installed in buildings with unsafe cladding. Whether you’re a leaseholder, tenant, property manager or developer, if you’re paying for Waking Watch (or facing having to pay for Waking Watch as a result of fire safety failings) in your residential building or tower block, this article is a must-read.Ī building we installed a fire alarm in to replace Waking Watch ACTUALLY HAD A FIRE in January 2022 – find out what happened and see how a fire alarm saved an East London Tower block by providing fast detection prompting safe evacuation. (This article was last updated on 1st February 2022.)
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