Buildings: Leeds

(asked on 18th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether an evacuation manager should be appointed at Magellan House, Leeds, as proposed by the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, in the context of that building having a comprehensive fire alarm and the statement by the Minister for Building Safety and Fire on 23 January 2022 on Twitter that no fire and rescue service should be imposing evacuation managers for buildings with a comprehensive fire alarm.


Answered by
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Rachel Maclean
This question was answered on 23rd February 2022

It is the duty of the Responsible Person for Magellan House to consider how best to fulfil their duties under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

The Fire and Rescue Service’s role is to enforce against the Order.

It is vital that Responsible Persons take a proportionate approach, however I cannot comment on a specific case.

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