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Fire Precautions

Volume 927: debated on Tuesday 8 March 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the recommendations made by the Central Fire Brigade and the Building Regulations Advisory Committee arising out of the fire which occurred at Longlents House, Stone-bridge, in the London borough of Brent, on 4th February 1975.

The Central Fire Brigades Advisory Councils' Working Group on Fire Safety in High Rise Blocks of Flats recommended:(1) that satisfactory means of calling the fire brigade should be conspicuously sited on the ground floor of each block, or, where there are a number of blocks close together, within easy pedestrian access at a distance not greater than 100 metres from each one;(2) that the form of advice to occupants in British Standard Code of Practice CP 3 should be replaced by advice which the Working Group set out; and(3) that guidance on fire fighting in high rise blocks of flats should be issued to fire authorities along lines set out by the Working Group.

APPLICATIONS FOR RESETTLEMENT IN UNITED KINGDOM FROM CHILE AND FROM CHILEAN REFUGEES IN ARGENTINA
Letters of Consent
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March 19766212377
April3517113
May121026
June391726
July545048
August633120
September1271920
October911121
November871830
December1321954
January 1977
February556655