Today FireCutCostsLives had every intention of posting a humorous blog called 101 Dalmations , with a picture of a man shouting down the phone
" I said 101 Blogs Sarah, Not 101 Dogs"
because this posting is our 101st item on the site. It was to be a celebration of what we have achieved, who we have annoyed and a general round up of stuff.
But it is with a sad heart we have to report
that there has been a death overnight in Cottingley, Leeds.
A 65 year old man died in a sheltered housing complex in Dulverton Court - which is deemed a VERY HIGH RISK AREA according to the WYFRS risk log. You can find a short report on the incident here in the Yorkshire Evening Post.
Dulverton Court is owned by Aire Valley Homes an arms length body of Leeds City Council.
BUT we do know a little more than they report - the incident was an AFA - actuated fire alarm. There is the possibility that somebody raised the alarm but a more likely scenario is that the alarm was triggered automatically by a combination of heat and smoke within the property. And of course Morley Fire Station attended, which will shortly be day crewed so their response times will increase after 7pm by FIVE MINUTES - we wrote about this issue in December
It raises questions such as was there a residential warden on site, were the correct detector heads in the correct location and was the man capable of escaping?
Rather ironically today is FirePlan Friday But the above are conversations for after the fire investigation and coroners reports.
Rather ironically today is FirePlan Friday But the above are conversations for after the fire investigation and coroners reports.
We offer our sincere condolences to the gentleman's family.
Our blog has been scattered with tragic events such as this.
Our second ever post was about a man in Chapeltown who had died in a fire so fierce it burnt through to the shop below. Less than 24 hours into FCCLs life we posted this .
I shall never forget that day as Hannah Stoneman, Communications Officer at WYFRS rang me to protest that the article had "nothing to do with the IRMP " - it was in my opinion a blatant act of threatening to try and SHUT ME UP.
Hannah was so keen to try and keep me quiet she actually told me about the incident - prior to accident and investigation report and most certainly before the coroners verdict on the death was given.
Hannah was so keen to try and keep me quiet she actually told me about the incident - prior to accident and investigation report and most certainly before the coroners verdict on the death was given.
We complained to WYFRS and they refuted the claim that she had done anything wrong - but we also know that a very large fib was told to FCCL to try and back track on what she had told me.
BUT we are still here - and she has gone!
So we will KEEP ON BLOGGING
and hope we can celebrate our next significant milestone with better news. A resignation might be nice!
Yours in Unity
The FCCL TEAM.
