Question Time on Passive Fire Protection With the ASFP

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) is leading an ambitious, interactive ‘Question Time’-style debate at FIREX International 2016.

Taking place in the Expertise & Guidance Theatre on day two of the event, the question and answer session will cover topics like:

• What are my options if my fire compartmentation is deficient?
• How do I know if fire-resisting products are fit for purpose?
• What is the relevance of third-party certification when specifying and installing passive fire protection
• What exactly are my legal responsibilities?

Questions will be put to the panel of fire-safety experts – and attendees can submit questions in advance – who are drawn from across the built environment, on the most pressing passive fire protection issues for organisations and buildings of various types.

The discussion will be applicable to, and have input from the perspective of:

• Architects/designers
• Fire engineers
• Main contractor
• Passive fire protection installer
• Passive fire protection manufacturer
• Certification bodies
• The Fire Service
• Building control
• Facilities managers
• Insurers
• Building owners

Covering every element of the built environment, the following speakers have been confirmed:

• Architect/designer: Paul Bussey AHMM architectural practice
• Fire engineer:  Glenn Horton H+H Fire
• Main contractor: Gerald Laxton Kier
• Passive fire protection installer: Gareth Dean Sharpfibre
• Passive fire protection manufacturer: Carl Atkinson FSi (Chairman ASFP)
• Other PFP body: Dr Eric Southern IFSA
• Fire Service: Mick Osborne DCFO Buckinghamshire FR CFOC lead on fire protection
• Building control: Martin Taylor LABC Technical Business Development Director
• Insurer: Allister Smith Aviva
• Building owner: Bob Bantock National Trust

FIREX International 2016 will be held at London’s ExCel between 21-23 June. The ASFP’s Question Time Event will take place in the Expertise and Guidance Theatre between 10.30am-12pm on Wednesday 22 June.

Click here to register for the Question Time event. For more details of ASFP activities at FIREX International or to submit a question for discussion at the Question Time event, visit the ASFP website or email [email protected].

The ASFP has also released details of the ASFP Passive Fire Protection Zone, which again returns to FIREX this year.

The zone (stand D179) will feature a 12m² video screen and several ASFP member companies from across the fire protection supply chain, whose experts will be on hand to provide advice to facilities managers, contractors, services installers, Responsible Persons and designers on specifying and installing the right products and best practice for ‘built-in’ fire protection.

The ASFP will promote its services, including publications and videos, technical advice, seminars, training and member support.

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