TMO was the organisation appointed by the borough to run its council housing
Grenfell Tower inquiry told that document viewed TMO has having a reactive approach to maintenance
Added that the approach was built more on compliance rather than breakdown
It said there were issues needing attention regarding planned maintenance
Also added that many of the fire arrangements have been bunched together
Grenfell Tower’s landlords appeared to have a “reactive approach to maintenance” dating back to a report in 2013, a public inquiry has heard.
Andrew Kinnier QC, for the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, said that a document in 2013 viewed the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (TMO), as having a “reactive approach to maintenance” built more on compliance rather than breakdown.
The TMO was the organisation appointed by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) to run its entire council housing stock.
The document said there were issues which needed attention regarding planned maintenance.
It stated that “there are only a handful of arrangements in the policy” and “many are missing” such as pressure vessels, working at height and contractor management.
The landlord for fire-hit Grenfell Tower did not prepare personal emergency evacuation plans (PEEPs) for vulnerable residents despite being aware of previous blazes involving evacuations, an inquiry has heard.
Teresa Brown, former director of housing at the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (TMO), said they adopted a “stay put” approach for residents in the event of a fire which meant staff “weren’t expecting to evacuate”.
The TMO was the organisation appointed by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) to run its entire council housing stock.
Giving evidence to a public inquiry into the 2017 Grenfell fire on Thursday, Mrs Brown was questioned over why disabled residents were not referred for PEEPs.
âStay putâ advice was relied upon despite fires at other towers requiring evacuations, inquiry told
The âstay putâ policy in place at Grenfell Tower has already been identified by the inquiry as increasing the death toll. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA
The âstay putâ policy in place at Grenfell Tower has already been identified by the inquiry as increasing the death toll. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA
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The Grenfell Tower landlord did not create escape plans for disabled residents and instead relied on telling people to âstay putâ despite recent fires in two of its other towers requiring evacuations, the inquiry into the 2017 disaster has heard.
A blogger who raised safety concerns about Grenfell Tower was viewed by its landlords as a “negative force”, with one director asking a colleague to look into whether his critical writings were “libellous”, an inquiry has heard.
Resident Edward Daffarn, who lived on the 16th floor, was a long-term campaigner about issues at the tower, and famously predicted a fire in a blog post seven months before the June 2017 blaze that claimed 72 lives.
On Tuesday, a public inquiry into the fire was presented with details of emails and meeting minutes relating to how The Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (TMO) handled consulting residents during the tower’s refurbishment which was completed in 2016.