149 - CROSS UK with Neil Gibbins and Peter Wilkinson

Fire Science Show

CROSS UK is Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures in UK. CROSS is a confidential reporting system which allows professionals working in the built environment to report on fire and structural safety issues. These are then published anonymously to share lessons learned, create positive change, and improve safety. Find out more about the safety information we provide below.

This initiative in the space of fire safety is lead by Neil Gibbins and Peter Wilkinson, who are my guests today. We go through the ideas behind the institution and the reasons why we need it. We discuss the confidentiality and all the layers of protection of the reports, and the bias of the issues brought up. This includes the strict “no blame policy”. We also go in deep into some more interesting, representative reports published by cross (out of 99 published on fire so far!).

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Chapter

1. CROSS UK Fire Safety Importance (00:00:00)

2. Ensuring Transparency in Reporting Process (00:14:37)

3. Global Expansion and Safety Oversight (00:19:09)

4. Fire Safety Reports (00:31:31)

5. Fire Safety Reports and Collaboration (00:41:48)

6. Fire Science Show Episode Farewell (00:56:12)