Fire Alarm Fund

Residential buildings that require temporary fire safety measures can create serious challenges for building owners, Responsible Persons and residents. Where fire safety concerns mean a building can no longer rely on its usual evacuation strategy, additional protection may be needed while permanent remedial work is arranged. The Interim Measures Alarm Fund provides financial support for the installation of common fire alarm systems in eligible residential buildings. These systems can provide an alternative to costly waking watch arrangements and help protect occupants while longer-term fire safety work continues. What Does the Interim Measures Alarm Fund Cover? The Interim Measures Alarm Fund can provide financial support for capital costs associated with installing a common fire alarm system in an eligible residential building. Funding may cover costs connected with the alarm equipment itself as well as installation, commissioning and testing. Alarm systems should be designed around ...

Gone unchecked, there are many properties that could become a safety risk to anyone nearby. Fires are especially difficult to stop once they have spread far and can cause serious damage to buildings as well as serious injury to residents. The interim measures alarm fund helps to prevent emergency situations for abandoned residential buildings. Risks of Abandoned Buildings Over time, properties can fall into disuse meaning that no one currently uses or lives in the building. Due to this, there is no one around to take care of it or only sporadic checks to see that there are no emergency repairs needed until the building becomes occupied again. This is unsafe as fire risks become more prominent and are more likely to set off a fire. Cable systems and wires could spark and set the whole system on fire, quickly spreading throughout the building through the wires and damaging the building. Flammable material such as abandoned furniture could also catch flame and start to burn. Heat waves a...