Passive Fire Protection

When most people think of fire safety, they picture inspections. Someone with a clipboard walking around, ticking boxes. And while those checks matter, they’re not where fire safety starts. It starts much earlier. In the fabric of the building. In the materials chosen. In the way the spaces are divided up. And in the decisions made before a single tenant moves in or a staff member turns on the lights.

The new Netflix film about Grenfell is powerful, painful and necessary viewing. For those of us in the fire safety industry, it’s not just another documentary. It’s a reminder of everything that can go wrong when safety isn’t prioritised.