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