Activity Report - Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service ...

DRAMAtICDEMONStRAtIONSHOWSDEvEStAtINGCONSEQUENCESOFDRINKDRIvING
early in the project to prevent delays
additional project costs.”
Fire safety measures in the student block
include structural fire resistance of 120
minutes, protected entrance halls to provide
30 minutes fire resistance, apartments
separated by 60 minutes fire resistance,
escape signage, firefighting stair and fire
service access to 50 per cent of the building.
The building also features a water sprinkler
system, emergency lighting, firefighting lift
with a ventilation system, enhanced automatic
fire detection and alarm system, and
enhanced mechanical ventilation system to
protect residential common corridors.
Once the new students have moved into the
building, GMFRS will work in partnership with
the residents to provide fire safety advice and
devise a longer term plan for delivering fire
safety to all new tenants.
DRAMATIC DEMONSTRATION SHOWS
DEVESTATING CONSEQUENCES OF
DRINK DRIVING
THE difficult work that goes into rescuing
someone from a collision was made clear to
shoppers and workers passing through
Manchester on June 1 as firefighters took
over Albert Square for a demonstration to
launch the summer drink drive campaign.
Crews from Manchester Central Fire Station
staged a scene as if a car had collided into a
tree on the square and cut the driver and front
seat passenger free.
Police cordoned off the area as they would at
a real collision and paramedics were on hand
to deal with the causalities.
Area Manager Dave Keelan, GMFRS’s Head
of Prevention Services, said on the day: “Our
crews now rescue more people from
collisions than they do from fires – so we see
the devastation a smash can cause on a daily
basis.”
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