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Ipswich Cladiators fear Waking Watch fund is not enough

Alex Dickin formed Ipswich Cladiators last year - Credit: Archant The reopening of a government fund to help relieve the costs of a waking watch has been welcomed by a local campaign group – although they fear it will not solve the complex issue. The concerns of Ipswich Cladiators, founded in the wake of the cladding crisis, comes after the government reopened applications for its Waking Watch Relief Fund, which was first offered to affected buildings earlier this year. The £30m fund, open to buildings over 17.7m high with unsafe cladding and an active waking watch system, helps to pay for fire or heat alarms – which cost in the region of £100,000.

Ipswich Cladiators fear Waking Watch fund is not enough | East Anglian Daily Times

Alex Dickin formed Ipswich Cladiators last year - Credit: Archant The reopening of a government fund to help relieve the costs of a waking watch has been welcomed by a local campaign group – although they fear it will not solve the complex issue. The concerns of Ipswich Cladiators, founded in the wake of the cladding crisis, comes after the government reopened applications for its Waking Watch Relief Fund, which was first offered to affected buildings earlier this year. The £30m fund, open to buildings over 17.7m high with unsafe cladding and an active waking watch system, helps to pay for fire or heat alarms – which cost in the region of £100,000.

Crown Heights: No waking watch charge for residents

Crown Heights, Basingstoke Photos taken 12/02/2021. Photo: Sarah Gaunt. Leaseholders at a block of flats in Basingstoke will not have to pay out any extra for costly fire patrols, it has been confirmed to the Gazette. The management company of Crown Heights, on Alencon Link, has confirmed that leaseholders will not be asked to pay any more for the waking watch, which is believed to have run into six figures. Residents had been facing a bill for thousands of pounds for the patrols, brought in after the building failed fire safety checks last year. But now it has been confirmed that the cost was covered by a fund set up by FirstPort and raised by leaseholders service charges.

Crown Heights cladding: New fire alarm system fitted

Crown Heights, Basingstoke.Photos taken 12/02/2021. Work to install a new fire alarm system at a block of flats that failed fire safety checks last year has been completed. A new fire alarm has been installed at Crown Heights, on Alencon Link, which means a costly 24/7 fire patrol can be removed. The patrol, known as a waking watch, costs thousands of pounds and it is currently unknown whether leaseholders will have to pick up its cost. The new alarm features detectors and sounders in each of the 288 flats across the four blocks, meaning that the fire service was content to remove the waking watch.

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