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Kemball House

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Kemball House

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Building information

Please see information about your building below:

  • Name: Kemball House
  • Address: Clarendon Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9AH
  • Height: 40 metres
  • Number of floors: 15 floors including the ground floor
  • Number of apartments: 84
  • Number of staircases: 1
  • Approximate time of construction: 1960s
  • Type of construction: An in-situ concrete frame – Wimpey ‘No fines’ system

Evacuation strategy

Please take a look at your Evacuation Strategy below:

The evacuation strategy for Kemball House is ‘Stay Safe.’ You may also hear this called a ‘Stay Put’ policy.

Kemball House is designed that should a fire occur; it is safe to stay in your flat. However, if your flat is affected by fire or you feel unsafe due to a fire somewhere else in the building, you will need to evacuate if it is safe to do so.

The ‘stay safe’ policy does not apply to the communal lounge, kitchen area or office spaces and in the event of the alarm sounding within this space, we ask that you leave this area via the nearest emergency exit, use the staircase to exit the block and you do not try to return to your flat until you are told it is safe to do so by the Fire Service

Please ensure you read the annual fire safety information we provide and also the ‘Building Safety Engagement strategy’ for further information on fire safety.

Kemball House has a Fire Risk Assessment carried out annually or earlier if there are any significant changes.

It is important that we have your up to date personal information, and you let us know any changes to your health that may impact you evacuating.

If you need to update us please contact your Safe Homes Liaison Officer, or Building Safety Officer. All of their contact details can be found on the notice board, on the ground floor of your block.

You can also reach out to the Customer Connect Hub on: 0300 123 5522

Safety checks

Our Safe Homes team work hard to ensure the building is full compliant and meets the highest standards of safety, take a look at the checks we do and how regularly we do them:

 

Daily inspection, Monday to Friday, of all communal internal and external areas of the building. We carry out a visual check of the fire doors, lights, windows, lifts and to check all areas are clean, free from hazards. This includes bin areas.

Monthly visual inspections and scheduled servicing

Full monthly fire door inspection and its components

Monthly testing and an annual thorough inspection

Arranged with tenants every 12 months – This may include a full fire door inspection, testing smoke or heat detectors, sprinkler service and general visual inspection of the property

12 months gas safety service – this includes communal and commercial boilers

Weekly testing and scheduled servicing

Monthly testing and scheduled servicing

Monthly visual inspection and scheduled servicing

Monthly visual inspection and scheduled servicing

Cleaning and chlorination every 12 months

12 months annual inspection

Building safety engagement strategy