Its certainly a substantial fine, but why no incarceration?? > This is a home for vulnerable members of society > The RP failed to deliver the safety control as identified to him by a FRA > As a direct result of his failure to manage fire safety, a resident was not able to self evacuate or be assisted by staff and had to be rescued. Other than a serious injury fatality or similar stable door event, what circumstances could be more serious than this? I accept I do not know any more details than I have read on the link, but surely this degree of failures must have come close a custodial sentence? Its a shame the courts have been shown to be wanting again in this regard

Custodial sentence? "all pigs are created equal...some pigs are more equal than others" And where may the judge be retired too,?

Typical stable door reaction, after the event. This type pf prosecution should be actioned by the Fire Safety Officer during a routine inspection. Unfortunately they have to wait for the Horse to escape.

Invictus, I know the FSO is unable to visit annually but who says the FRA is an annual assessment anyway. Who decides who carries out the FRA and who decides on the date of the revue. Problem is the responsibility for fire inspections was taken away from the fire service and replaced by responsible person. This could be anyone who says they are competent. In my opinion all fire risk assessments with recommendations such as those on this FRA should be notified to the fire safety officer for him/her to review and REQUIRE the recommended actions to be taken. A similar problem exists where the responsibility for rescue from fires was also taken away from the FRS. Firefighters who attend fires do not have to enter to carry our rescues and people are dying as a result. As the above responsibilities no longer exist there are curts to fire service budgets because they have less responsibilities. Fire stations closing, appliances removed permanently and stations unmanned occasionally. Back to this thread though, similar prosecutions will happen but my fear is people who are put into these care homes will die.

My point in post 3 was custodial sentences are available, but rarely dished out unless injury or death has resulted from failings in fire safety management. IMHO if (and it is 'if' as I do not know the details) the fire service had to rescue a punter who could not escape on their own or with the assistance of staff - and if this is related to a failing in fire safety management (such as failing to act on the findings of a FRA) - then this is as serious as it gets short of blood being spilt. I would like to see custodial sentences (with a whopping fine) given for these type of near miss events, as surely we are all about preventing harm, not waiting until after harm has occurred