Scope

12. This report is produced following an internal Strategic Incident Review (SIR) and Fire Investigation (FI) carried out by GMFRS following the fre at

The Cube.

13. The report will offer background information on the building and

GMFRS’s pre-planning and collation of operational risk information.

14. The report will offer facts and a timeline relating to the mobilisation of resources via North West Fire Control (NWFC)2 .

15. The report will detail GMFRS’s operational and strategic response to the incident. It will detail the high-level organisational learning that has been identifed thus far, and aims to share this openly for the beneft of other

FRSs and stakeholders.

16. This report will not detail the fndings or conclusions of GMFRS’s FI

Report3; specifcally it will not offer an explanation of the means or mechanisms of fre spread, nor will it consider compliance with the

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or other regulations.

17. This report will not therefore, consider the materials used within the external wall construction and what if any role materials played in the development and spread of fre.

18. The report does not aim to offer detail on multi-agency partners’ or other organisations’ responses to the fre although some information is referenced where applicable.

2North West Fire Control is a public sector company set up exclusively by Fire and Rescue Services in the North West to jointly handle all 999 emergency calls and be responsible for mobilising frefghters and fre engines to incidents in Greater Manchester, Cumbria, Lancashire and Cheshire. 3GMFRS’s Fire Investigation Report into the fre at The Cube will be published shortly following release of this report.