Blog: Why sprinklers should be mandatory in schools
Schools have a fire risk almost twice as high as other non-residential buildings, yet are poorly equipped to prevent a fire becoming a major disaster, according to new research by Zurich. Tilden Watson, Zurich Municipal head of education, explains why the insurer has launched a parliamentary petition for mandatory school sprinklers.
When headteacher Tom Garfield of Selsey Academy received a weekend call about an incident at the secondary school in West Sussex, he left for the site immediately.
Garfield explained: “I wasn’t
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