Post-Grenfell evacuation guidelines ‘little or no help’, say firefighters

‘Ministers must wake up and listen to the voices of firefighters and residents,’ the FBU’s Matt Wrack said. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian

Firefighters have warned the home secretary that new evacuation advice has left vulnerable residents in high-rise buildings at risk of another Grenfell Tower tragedy.

In a letter to James Cleverly, the Fire Brigades Union’s Matt Wrack said the guidelines released last month provided “little or no help” for its members and inadequate advice on evacuating elderly or disabled people from tower blocks.