About this episode

Episode 39 discusses the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 final report with insights from key stakeholders and exclusive interviews.

Episode 39 of the Fire Safety Matters Podcast focuses on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 final report. Mark and Brian take an in-depth look at the report and share comments from key stakeholders from across the UK fire sector. This episode also contains two exclusive interviews featuring the opinions of Tom Brookes (managing director of Zzeus Training and chair of the Fire and Security Association) and Derrick Hall (sales and marketing director at Kentec Electronics). In conversation with Brian, Tom touches on the qualifications landscape and also offers his thoughts on the Phase 2 final report from the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry chaired by Sir Martin Moore-Bick. Derrick Hall chats to Brian about fire alarm control panel redundancy, the current standards landscape and also the ongoing issue of false fire alarms.

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark, Brian

Guests: Tom Brookes, Derrick Hall

Topics covered

• Grenfell Tower Inquiry
• fire safety
• fire sector
• interviews
• fire alarm standards
• false fire alarms

Keywords

• Grenfell Tower
• fire safety
• fire alarms
• interviews
• fire sector
• standards
• false alarms

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zzeus Training, Fire and Security Association, Kentec Electronics

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