BOARD
STATEMENT
hen the FIA was launched Along with the Council reports we have
W
through the merger of added sections in this annual review to
FETA and BFPSA in 2007, highlight the activities in membership growth
various Councils were set & support, liaison, marketing and training. The
up to focus specifically on Secretariat has been strengthened in these
the activities relating to their subsectors. The areas over the last two years and we are
FD&A Council focuses on the Fire Detection starting to reap the rewards with ever greater
& Alarm manufacturers; the Extinguishing potential being targeted.
Council focuses on portable and systems With regards to finance, the credit crunch
extinguishing manufacturers; and the has had an impact on our sector and that
Services Council focuses on supporting created a knock on effect to the association
the service providers, such as installers and with a drop off in training activity seen from
maintainers. The Board was created to November 2008 through to February 2009.
manage the other items involved in running a Training levels have bounced back since
trade association. March 2009 but the Association has had to
“SUPPORTING OUR
take action to recover. We are delighted
that we were able to post a slight profit for
MEMBERS IN THIS
2008/9 bearing in mind the late impact of
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
such sudden unpredicted change on the
HAS BEEN A KEY ISSUE
forecasts. Membership numbers have held
strong and we have seen no increase to
CONSIDERED AT BOARD
the usual annual churn as a result of the
LEVEL”
recession; in fact we have seen a significant
growth, which is a good indication of the
Whilst the Board receives reports from all Association’s reputation.
the sections of the Association - including In April 2009 BAFE moved out of the
the new Fire Risk Assessment Council and Kingston office and became totally
the Export Council - and provides guidance independent, employing its own secretariat
and approval where needed, its main role staff. Having supported BAFE from its
is to provide strategic leadership and take inception and having provided its secretariat
responsibility for the membership, external support over those years, the Board was
liaison, finance and resource. Image is also a pleased to see that BAFE had reached
key responsibility. enough of a critical mass to be able to make
Our overall ambitions are to continue to such a move. The Board fully supported this
grow the association both in reputation move and put in place the resource needed
and support provided to our members. to help BAFE with its move. The FIA will
Reputation is important as many members continue to support BAFE and fully supports
join to be associated with the reputable FIA third party certification and we remain active
logo. within the BAFE committees.
4 FIA ANNUAL REPORT 2009
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