SMENT
by a senior industry figure. It is an immense recognised that it needs to develop and
task but one that is urgently required and deliver membership benefits to continue to
has our full attention. attract FRA service providing companies
!@2EGULATORS%NFORCERS,IAISONinto member7ORKINGship. An FRA Marketing
Group’ was also established early, to Working Group and an FRA Training
ensure we communicated with other Working Group have recently been set up
stakeholders in the industry, this includes to look at this. Ensuring the right messages
Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales as are delivered to the right audiences and
well as England. CFOA has agreed to send that relevant training is made available to
a representative to join the FRA Council those that need it are obvious ways we can
meetings to help foster the relationship. help members grow the market and raise
In March the Annual Conference was THE@COMPETENCYBENCHMARK
dedicated solely to the subject of Fire Risk .OBODYWANTS@COWBOYSINTHISINDUSTRY
Assessment as this subject affects all FIA and setting a benchmark that helps the
members and still remains so topical. A end user or Responsible Person identify
large audience raised many questions the good from the bad is what we all want.
and concerns, all of which are/were @+NOWINGWHATYOUDONOTKNOWISALSOA
being addressed by the Council and common thread we have heard over and
again competence and consistency over. Lots of people think they are providing
raised its head. What is wanted is a a good risk assessment service but they are
benchmark for what comprises a suitable not in reality!
and sufficient FRA.
Whilst a lot of effort is being spent on Colin Todd
THE@PLAITINGFOGISSUETHE#OUNCILHASChairman, Fire Risk Assessment Council
“NOBODY WANTS ‘COWBOYS’ IN
THIS INDUSTRY AND SETTING
A BENCHMARK THAT
HELPS THE END USER OR
RESPONSIBLE PERSON
IDENTIFY THE GOOD FROM
THE BAD IS WHAT WE ALL
WANT”
FIA ANNUAL REPORT 2009 15
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