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Adam Bannister is a contributor to IFSEC Global, having been in the role of Editor from 2014 through to November 2019. Adam also had stints as a journalist at cybersecurity publication, The Daily Swig, and as Managing Editor at Dynamis Online Media Group.
August 10, 2015

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Fire Sector Federation Publishes Summary Report Details Priorities and Listing Achievements

The Fire Sector Federation (FSF) has published a report outlining its achievements and goals in the industry.

Called Fire Professionals Working in Partnership the FSF Summary Report 2015 recalls how the Federation was originally founded in response to the Fire Futures review launched by the government in 2010.

The report recalls key achievements including:

  • Producing technical guidance such as the Repealed Local Act – Guidance, which provides advice to anyone considering the removal of fire safety measures incorporated into existing buildings under the auspices of the now repealed Local Acts; Fire Safety and Sustainability in Building Design, covering how to make a building sustainable and to promote a low environmental impact; and assisting the government in its review of the Building Control & Fire Safety Procedural Guidance.
  • Bringing together insurers, British Approvals for Fire Equipment, the Fire Protection Association, the Chief Fire Officers Association and the Fire Industry Association in an Automatic False Alarms Project to investigate the cause of false alarms and examine how technology can provide a solution. The project involved working with the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service, where several problem installations have been monitored and improved. Early results are promising, the FSF reports.
  • Undertaking a Federation-wide survey to investigate and prioritise issues for consideration in any review of the Building Regulations and Approved Document B.
  • Offering input to the Department for Business Innovation & Skills consultation on the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988; the Lakanal House inquest; the Knight Review of efficiencies and operations in fire and rescue authorities in England; and the consultation on developing a possible replacement for the Fire and Rescue Service National Framewor

“The Federation has demonstrated its ability to bring together a wide cross-section of the fire sector and provide a unified voice,” said FSF Chairman Brian Robinson.

“Drawing from the experience and expertise of its members, who work with or within the built, natural, fire & rescue and national resilience environments, the FSF has proved it can make a significant contribution to ensuring the UK’s national preparedness, resilience, response, mitigation and recovery from fire.”

You can download the FSF’s Summary Report 2015 from its website.

The Fire Sector Federation is a not-for-profit, non-government organisation that seeks to influence and shape fire-safety strategy and policy and the trajectory of the sector as a whole.

Existing members include trade bodies such as the Fire Industry Association, the Association for Specialist Fire Protection and the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association; enforcement and firefighter representatives including the Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers’ Association, the Fire Brigades’ Union, the Association of Building Engineers and the Building Control Alliance; and fire safety organisations such as the Fire Protection Association, the  Institute of Fire Safety Managers and the Institution of Fire Engineers.

Membership is open to any organisation that can demonstrate a legitimate interest in the built, natural, fire and rescue service or national resilience environments.

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