Building information
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Name |
Hollow End |
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Address |
Northumberland Road, Brinnington, Stockport, SK5 8NY |
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Number of storeys |
12 |
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Number of flats |
66 |
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Number of staircases |
2 |
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Year built |
1965 |
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Construction materials |
Structure - Reinforced concrete frame with brick infill panels |
Principal Accountable Person
Under the Building Safety Act 2022, every high-rise building must have a Principle Accountable Person. This is the person or body responsible for managing the fire and structural safety risks of a high-rise building. It could be an individual or an organisation.
In our case, Stockport MBC is the Principle Accountable Person. The Director of Place Management oversees Stockport Homes' safety responsibilities.
Evacuation Strategy
There is a Stay Put / Stay Safe approach for your building. This means that if there is a fire in or near your flat, you should leave your flat and the building. If there is a fire in another part of the building, you should stay within your flat if you feel safe to do so.
Your building is designed to contain a fire within the flat or area where it starts. This is referred to as compartmentation. Fire safety measures in your building are also designed to ensure the fire does not spread from one part of a building to another.
When firefighters tackle a fire anywhere in the building, it is likely that smoke will spread into the corridors and sometimes into the stairwell(s). If you choose to leave the building, you may expose yourself to smoke in these areas before it is cleared.
If at any stage your flat is affected by heat or smoke or your feel unsafe, then you should leave your flat and the building if you can via the stairs.
If you are asked to evacuate your property by firefighters, then you should do so by following their instructions.
How can you help?
- Familiarise yourself with the layout of the building and where the staircases and emergency exits are located
- Ensure corridors and staircases are not obstructed or blocked as this could prevent someone from evacuating or firefighters moving around the building
- Ensure Stockport Homes have up to date information around your ability to evacuate your building
Fill in our Evacuating in an Emergency Form
Your safety is important and as a responsible organisation, we want to understand what support you would need if you had to leave your home in an emergency.
Safety Checks
Hollow End is regularly inspected to ensure all fire safety measures and systems are in place and in working order in case of a fire or other emergency in your block.
Some checks are carried out by your Building Safety Officer, whilst others are carried out by independent contractors and fire safety experts. Please find below the key Building Safety checks that are carried out and how often:
All our high-rise buildings have fire doors, and this includes the front door to your home. They are designed to help stop the spread of fire.
Communal Doors
These are the doors in the corridors, stairwells and communal areas:
Who checks: Building Safety Officer
How often: Every three months
Flat Entrance Doors
This is the front door to your home.
Who checks: Building Safety Officer
How often: Annually
We will contact you each year to arrange for the inspection of your flat entrance door.
Your building is fitted with a sprinkler system. This covers individual flats and landlord areas. When the sprinkler system is activated, our Control Room is notified, who will immediately contact the Fire and Rescue Service to attend.
Who checks: Building Safety Officer
How often: Every month
In addition to the monthly checks by the Building Safety Officer, the sprinkler system is also subject to a third party inspection.
Who checks: Barlows
How often: Annually
Your building has a bin chute and a bin room which is located on the ground floor. If a fire is detected in the bin at the bottom of the bin chute, a water-based bin suppression system activates to put the fire out. A heat activated fire slide stops fire and smoke travelling up the bin chute.
Who checks: Building Safety Officer
How often: Every month
In addition to the monthly checks by the Building Safety Officer, the bin suppression system / fire slide is also subject to a third party inspection.
Who checks: Barlows
How often: Annually
Your building has a dry riser, which would be used by the Fire and Rescue Service to get water up to your floor in an emergency.
Who checks: Building Safety Officer
How often: Every month
In addition to the monthly checks by the Building Safety Officer, the dry risers are also subject to a third party inspection.
Who checks: UK Dry Risers
How often: Annually
Your building has emergency lighting. This is located in communal areas and is in place to ensure escape routes are lit in the event of a loss of power to the building.
Who checks: Building Safety Officer
How often: Every month
In addition to the monthly checks by the Building Safety Officer, emergency lighting is also subject to a third party inspection.
Who checks: Barlows
How often: Annually
Your building is constructed with compartments which in the event of an emergency, prevents the spread of fire and smoke. We ensure anyone carrying out work in your building does not breach compartmentation or alternatively reinstates it to the required standard.
Who checks: Building Safety Officers
How often: Annually
In the event of a fire, a number of different things are available to assist fire fighters - these are all checked by your Building Safety Officer on a monthly basis:
- Premises Information Box - contains essential information about the building including floor plans, keys and customer evacuation information
- Way Finding Signage - designed to help the fire service, occupants and visitors find their way around the building in the event of a fire
- Manual Smoke Vents - located on the stairwells and to assist with ventilating the building to remove the build up of smoke
The lifts in your building will not operate in the event of a fire, meaning you will need to use the stairs to evacuate the building.
We check that the lifts are working correctly as part of our regular checks of your building:
Who checks: Building Safety Officer
How often: Monthly
In addition to the regular checks carried out by the Building Safety Officers, the lifts in your building are also serviced regularly, to make sure they are working safely.
Who checks: Sheridan Lifts
How often: Monthly
Lifts in your building are also independently inspected as part of Lifting Operation and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER)
Who checks: Zurich
How often: Every six months
Fire Risk Assessment
A Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) has been carried out on your building since 2006 and is a report on the fire hazards within the communal and landlord areas of a building. It is carried out by an independent fire safety expert annually and explains the key safety measures in place and identifies any potential fire safety risks.
It also gives recommendations to Stockport Homes to follow if more safety measures are needed to prevent, control, and reduce the effects of a fire. Our FRA's are made available to Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service should they be required.
As the FRA is a very technical document, we have summarised all the key bits of information for you:
If you want to read the full FRA for your building, please contact [email protected] and we can share it with you.
Hollow End Towers FRA
Structural Assessments
We carry out regular structural assessments of our buildings to assess their strength and stability. It involves experts inspecting the building’s framework, materials, and support systems to ensure everything is in good condition, helping to ensure the safety and longevity of the structure.
Who checks: Chartered Structural Engineers
Date of lastest survey: Mar 2025
Date of next survey: Mar 2030
External Wall Information
EWS1 Reports and Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEW)
An EWS1 Report or External Wall System Form 1, is a document that assesses the fire safety of the external walls of a building and is part of the overall fire risk assessment for your building. The EWS1 Report helps identify potential fire risks, particularly related to cladding, to ensure it meets safety standards. risks. As part of the assessment process, a safety rating is given.
A Fire Risk Appraisal of External (FRAEW) is a report that assesses the risk of fire spreading through a buildings external walls. The report is based upon PAS 9980:2022 code of practice. As part of the assessment process, a risk rating is given.
If you want a copy of the EWS1 Report for your building, please contact [email protected] and we can share it with you.
Resident Engagement Strategy (RES)
Legally Stockport Homes must provide customers living in high-rise buildings with an engagement strategy specifically for building safety. Customers living in these buildings have more say in the management of their building.
What this means is you can raise building safety concerns directly to either Stockport MBC (as the building owner) or Stockport Homes and we have a duty to listen.
If you feel your concerns are being ignored, you can raise them with the Building Safety Regulator.
The aims of the Resident Engagement Strategy are:
- To ensure all customers feel safe in their building and home.
- Give customers a voice on how building safety is managed in their building.
- Ensure Stockport Homes are accountable for building safety decisions
Under government guidance, each high-rise building should have a resident engagement strategy which specifically takes into account the needs and preferences of the customers living in that building.
Hollow End Towers Resident Engagement Strategy
