tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post4418379617100566260..comments2024-03-28T19:20:52.408+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Duffy lambasts Brent Council for not holding a special democratic meeting on fire safety in the boroughUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-82272878906323371092017-07-03T19:23:33.333+01:002017-07-03T19:23:33.333+01:00I doubt whether being one item on a busy Full Coun...I doubt whether being one item on a busy Full Council agenda will be enough for councillors to discuss and consider this matter properly. <br /><br />John Duffy was right to call for a Special Meeting, and if at least five councillors asked for one (which it appears that they did), the Mayor should have agreed to it. <br /><br />Philip.Philip Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216646114377430489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-72698694840671874832017-07-03T18:00:43.871+01:002017-07-03T18:00:43.871+01:00Received by email from a reader: Tomorrow'...Received by email from a reader: Tomorrow's meeting is being held in the tower block where I live. But the posters advertising the meeting have only just been posted up in my block. I heard that the meeting is mainly for L & Q residents to allay their fears after George House (right across the road from me) has failed a fire assessment on it's cladding. It seems that we are hosting the meeting, as George house (and all the other new private homes next to it) never built a meeting room in their up-market developments. I can only assume that L & Q probably never envisaged that the need for a meeting room would ever arise.<br /><br />A few years ago I asked BHP/COUNCIL to install sprinklers in my block & William Saville and they said NO ---and the reason they gave was 'our kids would be setting them off all the time and cause untold damage and cost". We even told them that one of Brent's Chief Fire Officer's had told us that we must have fire alarms and sprinklers installed, as in his opinion they are essential at stopping fires escalating.<br /><br />I will be attending tomorrow and I will ask can we have the fire alarms and sprinklers now but already I am feeling I am living on the wrong side of the road.Martin Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194641151012303116noreply@blogger.com