Firefighters are visiting around 120 high-rise residential buildings where new rules on what to do in the event of a fire is in place
When Grenfell Tower burned, residents were told to stay in their flats. Six years on from the fire which killed 72 people, lessons are still being learnt.
According to GMFRS, all high-rise buildings have a higher fire risk – but some factors can raise this risk even further. For Salford's Spectrum development, the heightened risk is partly because of combustible cladding on the buildings. "Recently we've seen an increase in e-bikes and e-scooters, especially in central Manchester – that's now quite a common mode of transport. So what we're doing today is talking about general fire safety, but we're also talking about what to do if you have got an e-scooter or an e-bike, we've got information about how to charge it safely, how to buy it from reputable suppliers, we have got information about how to store it safely and so on.
Ellie Kemp, who has lived in the Spectrum development for around a year, discovered she needed a new battery. "Testing your alarm is something that I'd assumed I'd done, but actually since moving here I don't think I have," she said.
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