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Social landlord Riverside has pledged its support to a
national campaign to raise awareness and promote responsibility
around carbon monoxide detection and fire safety.
The Safe as Houses campaign was launched following the tragic fire
in at the Lakanal House tower block in London, which resulted in
six people dying, including three children.
The campaign hopes to dramatically reduce the likelihood of
future tragedies by asking 100 social landlords to support the
introduction of three simple steps to stop preventable deaths from
gas and fire:
• change building regulations to require carbon monoxide
detectors to be fitted in new homes with gas appliances;
• provide emergency procedure notices in all corridors of
high-rise blocks; and
• develop a national database of tower blocks and their most
recent fire risk assessments.
Deborah Shackleton, Chief Executive of Riverside, said: “We are committed to improving our homes so they are decent, modern and warm and managing places so they are cleaner, greener and safer.
“We have already fitted 5,500 carbon monoxide detectors to
our existing stock and will install a further 5,000 from April
2010. Carbon monoxide detectors have also been added to our new
build specification. We are pleased to support the
campaign.”
