Scandal of fire risk hotels

SusanPatel

Just pulled this story from thisiscornwall.co.uk

HUNDREDS of Westcountry hotels and guesthouses have failed to comply with fire safety regulations in the wake of the worst hotel blaze in 40 years, the Western Morning News has found.

Since the Penhallow hotel in Newquay burned to the ground in August 2007 – a tragedy that saw three people killed – 473 notices have been issued to non-domestic properties in Devon and Cornwall stating they had fallen short of legislation to save more people from death and injury.

The properties are chiefly those providing sleeping accommodation, such as hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses, which fire chiefs determined were "high-risk" after new laws were introduced in 2006.

Faults included poor fire escapes, inadequate techniques to stop fires from spreading and outdated alarm systems.

According to a publicly available register of notices, the vast majority were told by the fire service to upgrade within a set timescale.

colmil

This is disgraceful and I find it difficult to understand that a fire officer would not insist on premises complying to regulations, if they don't they should be closed with immediate effect.

My company design and fit out Sports & Social Clubs and fire regulations are our first priority everytime, even though the the chance of a fire has diminished due to the smoking ban.
Someone needs their backsides kicking here by the sound of it.