"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 19:29:17 on Fri, 1 Nov
2019, Rod Speed remarked:
Roland Perry wrote
Rod Speed wrote

The problem (with the Fire brigade's command and control) was that
they didn't change the advice to the residents when it was clear
that the fire wasn't being contained in one flat.

But it's far tome clear that they had any way of communicating that
changed advice to those in building once it made sense to change
that.

By issuing an instruction to the 999 operators to change the script
they were reading out, would be a good start.

Not really given that by that time its unlikely
that many would still have been calling 999.

They were both repeatedly calling in, and hanging on the line.

They cant be doing both

The 999 centre can be dealing with both.

But the callers cant be doing both.

and clearly given that 2/3 chose to leave the building, it can't have been
very many of them.

72 died.

But it is far from clear how many remained in
the building because 999 told them to do that.

The getting them to phone back the previous callers.

But that isnt likely to be too many of the flats.

They received hundreds of 999 calls.

Sure, but clearly most of those didn't take the advice they
were given to remain in the building given that 72 died.

72 is enough to be worth saving, don't you think?

Of course, but its less clear how many of those would have
been saved if 999 had told them to leave right from the start.