Fire safety advice from GMFRS

Firefighters

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Assistant County Fire Officer and Director of Prevention and Protection, Geoff Harris, said: "Fire safety advice from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service remains that if you have a fire or become aware of a fire in your home, which includes blocks of flats, you should get out, stay out and call us out.

"If you live in a block of flats where your landlord has advised you to ‘stay put’ in the event of a fire, this is their advice which they should have based on an individual fire risk assessment for that building.

"As a fire and rescue service, we don’t go into premises to validate risk assessments but as part of a rolling inspection program we will visit to assess the fire safety measures applied in that premises and review them. Where we find that risk assessment is unsuitable we will take enforcement action.

“If any residents feels concerned about fire safety in their building or fire safety advice given they should contact us. We are committed to working with housing providers to support them in achieving the safest possible fire safety solutions in their buildings.”