Growing fire safety organisation Fire Aware is supporting the work of the Building Safety Regulator as part of its campaign for cultural change across the fire safety industry.
In January, the BSR became a formal standalone arm’s length body operating under the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, transitioning from the Health and Safety Executive with a renewed commitment to safety.
Now Fire Aware - which is advising member organisations across multiple sectors - is expressing its support for the BSR and its ambitions to raise standards and levels of competence across the fire safety industry.
Fire Aware CEO Gavin Skelly said: “We fully endorse the move towards cultural change. We must remember – those who hold a duty of care at all levels are working in a vocation, and not just a job. We are working with our members to improve the standards of our buildings old and new and to improve the competence of those working within them who hold a duty of care.
“The essence of the BSR’s aims are aligned with our own. Historically there have been delays in the Gateway process, but as the BSR has upped its game in respect to response times and general communication, it is now up to those submitting safety cases to fully understand the requirements of the process and provide the regulator with the specific information it needs to carry out a successful review of an application.
“Fire Aware would support this requirement and direct any of its members involved in the Gateway system to help the regulator achieve its goal, similar to that of Fire Aware’s mission, to primarily uphold public safety.”
All parts of the supply chain across multiple sectors should work with the same vocational approach, not just those who are qualified to do so, he added.
The expanding industry body is leading the way by focusing 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.
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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