Enforcement of means of escape under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service,

Please provide under Freedom of Information:

1. The number of low, medium and high-rise residential buildings in your area (or your current/best estimate of them) covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

2. The total number of deficiency and/or enforcement notices served to the owners of these buildings relating to means of escape (Articles 14(2)(b) & 15 (1)(b)), since the 30th October 2019 to the date of this FOI

3. The number of deficiency and/or enforcement notices served to the owners of these buildings specifically relating to the identification of vulnerable and disabled residents, and planning for their escape (Articles 14(2)(b) & 15 (1)(b)), since the 30th October 2019 to the date of this FOI

3. Copies of the notices referred to in (3)

4. The fire authority's current policy

Yours faithfully,

Elspeth Grant