Annual Balcony Fire Safety Inspections

The primary use of almost all balconies on the estate is as a fire exit. We get to use them as "our" balconies whenever there is no fire, which thankfully is most of the time.

Every year the BEO staff walk every balcony in the Barbican to ensure that they are clear. Anything which may block a fire exit route will be 'stickered', and any stickered items must be removed to restore the fire exit route.

Here a notice from the BEO about the stickering for this year:
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Balcony Fire Inspections are now all complete. Whilst this has seemed heavy-handed to some, we haven’t carried out this exercise lightly – the balconies are your fire escape route. Unfortunately we’ve had to remove a number of items from the balconies across the estate as they were still present past the date of removal.

Items we’ve taken include:-

• 3 bicycles
• 6 sets of tables and chairs (that weren’t folded down)
• 2 large 200 litre storage boxes
• I very large gas barbecue
• 50 meters of astroturf
• 20 meters of decking
• Many very large terracotta pots
• And various other items

If you would like to retrieve your items, the stores will be manned Friday 20 July between 2 - 4pm, (there will be a second date for collection later in the month)

For Mountjoy House, Defoe House, Thomas More House and Seddon House please go to Thomas More Car Park Box.

For Bryer Court, Bunyan Court, John Trundle Court, Ben Jonson, Breton and Frobisher and Shakespeare Tower please go to Breton Car Park Box.

For Speed House, Andrewes House, Willoughby House and Gilbert House please go to Andrewes Car Park Box.

IF YOU ARE COLLECTING ITEMS, PLEASE DO NOT RETURN THEM TO THE BALCONIES.  THEY WERE REMOVED FOR A REASON.  THE BALCONIES ARE PRIMARILY FIRE ESCAPES.