ASFP to Host Building Fire Safety Parliamentary Seminar

Fire Minister Brandon Lewis will be among delegates at a planned parliamentary seminar considering fire safety in buildings on December 4.

Organized by the Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) alongside the Fire Sector Federation (FSF) and the All Party Parliamentary Fire & Rescue Group, the seminar will look at issues around fire safety in the modern built environment.

The day will be introduced by the Fire Minister before three sessions on fire engineering, structure, and management of buildings, and competency. Tickets are available online for GB pound 175.

Among the speakers will be:

Fire engineering session

• Allister Smith, Aviva Insurance
• Kevin Hulin, Chairman of the Fire Resistant Glazing Group of the Glass and Glazing Federation
• Neal Butterworth and Professor Barbara Lane of Arup Fire

Structure and management of buildings session

• Dave Curry, Chief Fire Officers’ Association
• David Crowder, BRE Global
• Peter Gannaway, National Social Housing Fire Strategy Group

Competency session

• Dennis Davis CBE, Fire Sector Federation
• Mike Wood, Chairman of the Passive Fire Protection Federation
• Cllr Mark Healey, Chairman of Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority
• Sir Ken Knight CBE QFSM FIFireE

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