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A FIREFIGHTER has defended the London Fire Brigade’s “stay put” policy on the night of the Grenfell Tower fire, suggesting that there would have been “a lot more casualties” without it.
Watch manager Alan Moore told the inquiry into the blaze last June, which killed 72 people, that withdrawing the advice to residents earlier would have made rescues “more difficult.”
Mr Moore said yesterday that the stay put policy was a good one that should have worked at Grenfell, adding: “I don’t think any training could have prepared us to deal with what happened at Grenfell Tower that night. It was a situation that developed and went way beyond the process we were trained to.”
YVETTE WILLIAMS and JOE DELANEY dissect the institutional dawdling that rubbed salt into the Grenfell open wounds prolonging the agony of survivors
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD
Since 2010, one in five firefighter jobs has disappeared alongside 30% funding cuts — all while climate breakdown brings record blazes and flooding. It’s time to fund our fire service properly, writes FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
