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ByHomes Englandsage_comet_6ad21a

The Interim Measures Alarm Fund meets the costs of fire alarm installation to replace and, or, mitigate the need for waking watch measures in all residential buildings in England.

Adapted edition

Fire safety
Document type
Reference Guide
Format
DOCX
Pages
5
Language
English
Version
1.0
Updated
2026-09-17
Category
Safety & operations
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Description

The Interim Measures Alarm Fund meets the costs of fire alarm installation to replace and, or, mitigate the need for waking watch measures in all residential buildings in England. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.

Contents
  • Aim of the fund
  • Fund objectives
  • Longer-term solutions to address fire safety risks are expected
  • Fire alarm installation is incentivised over waking watch measures
  • Quick delivery of solutions is encouraged once funding is agreed
  • A proposed alarm must meet the required standard and costs must be reasonable
  • Responsibility for fire safety remains with the Responsible Person
  • The building has not been awarded funds from previous schemes
  • Who can apply
  • Eligibility
  • What can be funded
  • Fire detection and fire alarm requirements
  • What can not be funded
  • What is expected from funding recipients
  • Apply for funding
  • What happens after you apply
Source and licence
Interim Measures Alarm Fund (IMAF) guidance

Homes England

Original source OGL-UK-3.0

AttributionHomes England, ‘Interim Measures Alarm Fund (IMAF) guidance’ (updated 11 September 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.

Version history
  • v1.017/09/2026
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