London backs Derbyshire call to make sprinklers in schools mandatory after devastating fires

摘要

The Brigade has long campaigned on the importance of sprinklers and has called for them to be compulsory in new schools and retrofitted during refurbishments, to bring England in line with legislation in Scotland and Wales. Derbyshire's Chief Fire Officer Gavin Tomlinson is calling on the government to take action after two schools in the area were destroyed by fires within 48 hours of each other. Neither building had sprinklers fitted.