Does the Pitt Review go far enough?

David Lane takes a closer look at the findings of Sir Michael Pitt’s report on last year’s UK flood responses and calls for a single agency to be given primacy in managing inland water rescue operations.

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David Lane, formerly a Senior Fire Officer, is the Managing Director of Lane, Jefferies & Associates, a specialist fire, water and marine safety consultancy. He is also a film producer and organises the Flood Fighters series of conferences with CRJ.

Tony Oliver reports on the New Year’s Eve fire in Bangkok, which killed 66 people, and finds the usual morass of allegations regarding permits violated, safety rules flouted, and inadequate fire safety measures that are so common after such events, wherever they happen in the world