Collaboration is key to driving fire safety, says Fire Aware
Collaborating on issues including legislation,
supply of products and new innovations can all help to create a safer outcome
across many sectors facing challenging times, it says.
CEO Gavin Skelly said: “Our members tell us that
when they work closely together the solutions are easier to find and everyone
benefits. We are all in this together. At Fire Aware, we have a community of companies
large and small who often collaborate together to find the solution to a
problem.
“We all believe in fulfilling our duty of care and
working closely with partners who are like-minded will help everyone to achieve
that. This is a vocation for life, not a job.
“The Fire Aware community – and the wider fire
safety industry – are all of the same mind. We cannot compromise when it comes
to safeguarding the safety of people moving about in our buildings. That cuts
cross all sectors and applies to a multitude of responsible people who may or
may not be directly involved in fire safety but want to uphold their duty of
care. It’s not just about the specialists. It’s about the entire supply chain.”
Fire Aware focuses on the moral responsibility of
all those working in the fire safety supply chain including designers,
developers, asset owners, managers and other stakeholders.
It aims to change the culture of the built
environment sector by introducing a moral code of conduct via a series of
charters designed to influence how member companies behave in upholding their
duty of care.
Dame Judith Hackitt – who led the Grenfell Inquiry – has
called for cultural change through moral and ethical behaviours, recently supported
by the new independent Building Safety Regulator which has been created to ‘promote
competence and higher standards.’
Sectors which are particularly vulnerable to fire risk
include the hospitality sector – with the many bars, restaurants and hotels
which are trusted to protect their customers - and healthcare which has to
protect many vulnerable and elderly people including those who cannot look
after themselves in the event of a real fire.
Fire Aware is a recognised membership body serving
the built environment and related sectors with a common aim to work and trade
responsibly to all best practice standards in the interests of the safety of
the general public.
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