National Fire Sprinkler Network Parliamentary Seminar - 4th February 2008
This year’s theme was: Reducing the impact of Fire on Communities and the Environment. Once again, the Seminar was sponsored by the All-Parliamentary Fire Safety and Rescue Group and kindly supported by Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions.
The NFSN have been very successful in lobbying for improved standards and legislation for greater legal measures for sprinklers within our communities and this Seminar provided us with a platform to raise issues such as fire protection in warehouses, care homes and hotels.
With each passing year, the numbers of delegates attending our All-Parliamentary Fire Safety and Rescue Group Seminars has significantly increased. This years seminar saw a 25% increase in the number of registered delegates reflecting the importance of this event and the issues that were presented and debated.
The seminar was attended by 130 senior UK Fire and rescue Service Chief Fire Officers, Leading Insurers, Members of Parliament, Lords, Sir ken Knight the chief advisor to HM Government for Fire and Parmit Dhanda, The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Fire.
To learn more about this event, its agenda and the speakers presentations, please review the links below.
Reducing the Impact of Fire on Communities and the Environment
- Seminar Agenda *awaiting document*
- Welcome Address – Pamela Castle OBE, Chair – Business and Community Safety Forum
- Carbon Footprints – Business and Commercial Premises - Barry Dixon - County Fire Officer & Chief Executive, - Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service. Dr. Jim Marsden – Station Commander, - Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.
- Safety and the Environment in the EU - Stephen Hughes - Member of the European Parliament.
- Requirements for Fire Sprinklers in Large Warehouses and Factories in Europe - Bob Whiteley – Chair, Fire Extinguishing Council (Fire Industry Association)
- Strategic look at Fire Sprinklers from an Economic perspective – Jonathan O’Neill & John Stephens – Fire Protection Association
- The Safety of Firefighters should be a specific requirement of UK Building Regulations. (as elsewhere in Europe) - Matt Wrack, General Secretary Fire Brigades Union & Andrew Dark, - Deputy General Secretary Fire Brigades Union
- Understanding the Full Impact of Fire Losses – an Insurer’s Perspective – Kenneth Davey, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, International Division. – FM Global.
- The principles behind the German Building Codes – and warehouse compartment size – Dr. Jurgen Wiese, - Consultant – Halfkann & Kirchner, Germany. (helped to draft the German fire safety code)
- Seminar Photo Gallery
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