Let’s work at this together, says Fire Aware
Posted by: electime 6th July 2026
Growing fire safety organisation Fire Aware has reminded the fire safety industry – “We’re all in this together so let’s collaborate.”
Fire Aware CEO Gavin Skelly gave the reminder of the importance of working closely in the supply chains in the post-Grenfell era as the legal process in the aftermath continues to its conclusion.
Gavin Skelly said: “We have listened to the calls from the inquiry into Grenfell and the subsequent fall-out and we are all acutely aware of not getting fire safety right. Let’s start to collaborate make sure we are all doing our job to ensure this never happens again.
“The challenges of the new legislation and the Building Safety Act are sometimes quite complex and challenging for everyone but not insurmountable if we share issues and find solutions.
“There is a need to commit to best practice beyond the legislation itself, and once a company or an individual does that then everything changes. We are here to protect the public as they move about in our towns and cities. They have a right to feel safe, and we all have a responsibility. This is a vocation, not just another job.”
Skelly highlighted Fire Aware’s own Code of Conduct and specific charters which make specific demands across all specialisms for all members who join.
Dame Judith Hackitt – who led the Grenfell Inquiry – has called for cultural change through moral and ethical behaviours, recently supported by the new independent Building Safety Regulator (BSR) which has been created to ‘promote competence and higher standards.’
Skelly said all of those involved in the design, construction, management, maintenance and letting of the built environment need to understand that they have an obligation to fire safety even if their business is not directly connected with fire specialisms.
Fire Aware continues to focus on the moral responsibility of all those working in the fire safety supply chain including designers, developers, asset owners, managers and other stakeholders.
It aims to change the culture of the built environment sector with its moral Code of Conduct via a series of charters designed to influence how member companies behave in upholding their duty of care.
Fire Aware is a recognised membership body serving the built environment and related sectors with a common aim to work and trade responsibly to all best practice standards in the interests of the safety of the general public. See www.fireaware.org.
