Changes to regulations mean sprinklers must now be included in new buildings but not existing care homes. By Will Mann and Cristina Lago.
A CIOB fellow who called for reform of care home fire regulations has welcomed a rule change that requires sprinklers to be fitted in new-build developments – but says the campaign is not over.
Steven Miles and his wife Claire, whose mother died in a care home fire in 2017, argued that care homes should be classified as ‘higher-risk buildings’ under the Building Safety Act and that sprinklers should be mandatory. They lobbied the government following the tragedy at Newgrange Care Home in Hertfordshire, where two residents died in the fire, supported by CIOB.
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