Coroner advocates Sprinklers in Buildings of more than 30 meters in hieght.

Coroner Keith Wiseman said:

"Social housing providers should be encouraged to consider the retro-fitting of sprinklers in all existing high-rise buildings in excess of 30m in height, particularly those identified by fire and rescue services as having complex designs that make fire-fighting more hazardous and/or difficult."

The statement followed the inquest into two Southampton firemen who died fighting a fire at Shirley Towers in 2010 which took the lives of Firefighters Jim Shears, of Poole, and Alan Bannon, of Southampton.
An inquest in July 2012 into the two deaths returned a verdict of death by misadventure.
A copy of the Coroner's Letter under Rule 43 can be viewed via the link below.
 

 http://www.bafsa.org.uk/pdfs/snews/00001256.pdf