Andy Roe says organisation failed to join up information and lacked training to deal with ‘shock’ of situation
The London fire brigade was part of “the most appalling example of institutional failure … in recent British history” at Grenfell Tower, the organisation’s current leader has admitted.
Andy Roe, the London fire commissioner since last year, told the public inquiry into the 2017 blaze that killed 72 people that the brigade knew about the key risks that combined to cause the disaster. But he said it had failed to join up the information and officers had not been sufficiently trained to react after the “shock” of such a major building failure.
