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FIRE SAFETY
The Fire Safety Event:
Returning to the NEC in April
fire protection in tall buildings (11 April) and
Protecting Buildings with Sprinklers (12 April).
The Fire Safety Event
returns to the NEC in
Birmingham on
10-12 April 2018
boasting an
unparalleled line-up
of legal updates and
Best Practice seminar
sessions delivered by
leading fire safety
industry experts
Risk UK’s readers can attend
The Fire Safety Event for FREE.
Register now at
www.firesafetyevents.com and
reserve your place for any of the
seminar sessions on offer
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ore than 5,000 visitors are expected to
Mattend The Fire Safety Event across the
three days and will have free access to
CPD-accredited seminar sessions. The Fire
Safety Event is co-located with The Health &
Safety Event and The Facilities Event, with the
fire safety exhibition boasting 40 leading
manufacturers including Advanced, Klaxon,
C-Tec, Checkmate Fire, BT Redcare, Kingspan,
Patol, Apollo, EMS, FireClass and Fike.
The event is backed by a number of key
associations in the fire sector including the
Institution of Fire Engineers, the Rail Industry
Fire Association, the Association for Specialist
Fire Protection, the British Automatic Fire
Sprinkler Association, the Institute of Fire Safety
Managers, the Association of Insurance
Surveyors, the National Association of
Healthcare Fire Officers, BAFE and the SSAIB
who’ve agreed to exhibit and speak at the event.
Attendees will have access to more than 20
hours of seminar content split across two
dedicated theatres, namely the Fire Safety
Keynote Theatre (sponsored by Advanced) and
the Fire and Evacuation Theatre.
In addition, visitors are invited to attend
breakfast briefings on all three days where they
will enjoy refreshments while networking and
learn from sessions on cladding fires (10 April),
10 April 2018
The Fire Safety Keynote Theatre boasts three
sessions on Day 1, beginning with Advanced’s
Neil Parkin delivering an address on how to
eliminate false alarms. This will be followed by a
mock trial on the Fire Safety Order led by Warren
Spencer (who has prosecuted more than 120
cases under the Order). Dr Bob Docherty is set
to deliver a session entitled ‘Passport to Fire
Safety’, focusing on ensuring that workplaces
are compliant with current fire safety laws.
The Fire and Evacuation Theatre is hosting a
session on the devastating effects of fires on
trains, buses and at sea and how to take steps
to mitigate the risks as well as a panel debate
on the safe evacuation of premises.
11 April 2018
Highlights from Day 2 include a Corporate
Manslaughter mock trial, delivered on behalf of
Turner and Townsend by Gerard Forlin QC from
Cornerstone Barristers. Other sessions include
guidance focused on how to evacuate premises
safely during terrorist attacks and how to
identify a competent contractor able to carry out
specialist fire safety work.
Kingspan’s Mark Harris will address the key
topic of the fire safety of insulated panels and
facade systems. This has become a mainstream
focus in recent months. There will also be a
panel debate on fire safety in hospitals tasked
with unearthing how to keep patients and
premises safe in the event of a fire and the key
steps towards preventing fire episodes.
12 April 2018
Day 3 includes Keynote sessions on passive fire
protection and complying with the law, lessons
learned from the Grenfell Tower blaze and how
to protect vulnerable people during fires.
For its part, C-Tec will be delivering a session
on how to ensure visual alarm devices are
legally compliant. There will also be one final
panel debate examining reliable fire protection
and the safe evacuation of premises.
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