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The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast
By BBC RadioNews
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast episodes
- 56 Group Manager Goulbourne, Crew Manager Morrison and Firefighter Wood
The chairman of the inquiry, Sir Martin Moore-Bick, resists calls to make safety recommendations, including an immediate moratorium on flammable cladding, before the end of the year.
Plus, senior firefighter Patrick Goulbourne tells the inquiry he never gave up hope residents on the top floors of the tower would be rescued.
Producers Kate Lamble and Elisabeth Mahy
Researcher Oliver JonesContact us via email: [email protected]
21 min - 55 Station Manager Wolfenden, Watch Managers Furnell and Leaver, Firefighters Bell and Juggins
Station Manager Peter Wolfenden tells the inquiry a miscommunication between senior officers meant information from 999 calls about residents in the tower wasn’t acted on for an hour.
Plus, Watch Manager Matthew Leaver tells the inquiry soon after he arrived he realised firefighters didn’t have the tools to put out the fire that night.
Producers Kate Lamble and Elisabeth Mahy
Researcher Oliver JonesContact us via email: [email protected]
37 min - 54 Crew Managers Codd, Gallagher and Hoare, and firefighters Fernandes, Foster, Lawson and Orchard
Firefighters Katie Foster and Greg Lawson tell nine residents, including a family whose son died in the tower, to remain inside their flats as the fire spreads.
Producers Kate Lamble and Elisabeth Mahy
Researcher Oliver JonesContact us via email: [email protected]
32 min - 53 Firefighters Cornelius, Herrera , Merrion, Murphy, Upton, Wharnsby, and Crew Manager McAlonen
Firefighters sent to rescue people trapped on the 14th floor give their account of what happened.
Zainab Deen, her son Jeremiah, and Dennis Murphy died on the 14th floor. One of their neighbours, Mohammad al-Haj Ali, was found outside the tower.
Producers Kate Lamble and Elisabeth Mahy
Researcher Oliver JonesContact us via email: [email protected]
25 min - 52 Watch Manager Johnson and Station Manager Loft
Watch Manager Peter Johnson tells the inquiry a lack of ‘vital’ building plans held back search and rescue efforts.
He repeatedly requested the layouts from the council, but never received them.The inquiry also hears how firefighters had to deal with computer and technology problems on the night.
Producers Kate Lamble and Elisabeth Mahy
Researcher Oliver JonesContact us via email: [email protected]
18 min - 51 Station Managers Kipling and Myatt, Watch Managers Johnson and Moore and Firefighters King and Moore
Six firefighters give evidence to the inquiry. They describe they struggled with low water pressure, falling debris and a lack of training.
Producers Kate Lamble and Elisabeth Mahy
Researcher Oliver JonesContact us via email: [email protected]
31 min - 50 Group Manager Goodall and Station Manager Myatt
Firefighters are overwhelmed by the volume of 999 calls. Lawyers for survivors, bereaved residents and firefighters urge the inquiry to start making recommendations based on the evidence heard so far.
Producers: Kate Lamble and Elisabeth Mahy
Researcher: Oliver JonesContact us via email: [email protected]
26 min - 49 Ambrose Mendy
Ambrose Mendy lost his cousin Mary Mendy and her daughter Khadija Saye in the fire. Recently he returned to their flat hoping to find something he could take away to remember them by.
He has been at the inquiry almost every day. Sangita Myska talks to him about his experience.
Producer Oliver Jones
Contact us via email: [email protected]
11 min - 48 The Story So Far
If you’ve just started listening to the podcast this is a good place to start.
We’ve pieced together what we’ve learnt as a result of evidence from expert witnesses and firefighters over the past nine weeks.
Researcher Oliver Jones
Producer Kate LambleContact us via email: [email protected]
13 min - 47 Crew Manager Batcheldor, 999 Control Operator Sharon Darby and Watch Manager Beale
Crew Manager Christopher Batcheldor recalls how he tried to comfort Zainab Deen who was trapped with her two-year old son Jeremiah on the fourteenth floor.
Researcher Oliver Jones
Producer Kate LambleContact us via email: [email protected]
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About The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast
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A new 10-part series about the Grenfell Tower fire and why it happened. Missed opportunities, unheeded warnings and state failure to protect its citizens. What a fire in west London that killed 72…
people shows us about how Britain works, and doesn't.
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