Fire risk assessments in Haringey

T&T Fire Safety carries out fire risk assessments in Haringey for private landlords, managing agents, freeholders, housing providers and businesses. The borough divides fairly sharply: the west, around Muswell Hill, Crouch End and Highgate, has large Edwardian houses converted into flats, while the east, in Tottenham, Wood Green and Northumberland Park, has denser private renting, many HMOs and large council estates.

The London Fire Brigade enforces fire safety law across Haringey, and the council runs both additional and selective licensing. Alongside assessments we inspect fire doors and service fire alarms, emergency lighting and AOVs.

Where we work in Haringey

• Tottenham
• Tottenham Hale
• Northumberland Park
• Seven Sisters
• Bruce Grove
• Wood Green
• Noel Park
• Bounds Green
• Harringay
• Hornsey
• Crouch End
• Muswell Hill
• Highgate
• Stroud Green

HMOs, conversions and Broadwater Farm

The terraced streets of Tottenham, Harringay and Wood Green, including the Harringay Ladder, were built for families around the turn of the twentieth century. A large share are now flats or shared houses, and some have been subdivided more than once. Flats over shops on the main roads, such as Tottenham High Road and Green Lanes, are another common type, where the only way out of the flats may run beside or through the commercial premises below.

Haringey’s estates show how structure and fire safety connect. On Broadwater Farm in Tottenham, surveys in 2018 found that the Tangmere and Northolt blocks, built with a large panel system, were at risk of progressive collapse from a gas explosion or similar force. The council removed piped gas, chose to demolish and rebuild rather than strengthen, and has since let contracts for the work. Most buildings are far simpler, but the case shows why an assessment should record how a block is built and what has changed since.