Member update
Liz Barnwell, membership manager at the FPA, gives an update with the latest member news The handbook is suitable for anyone whose
AT THE time of writing, the UK is in lockdown and the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic is being experienced across the world. We do hope that all our members and their families stay safe and well throughout the uncertain months ahead. As we all adjust to the new ‘normal’ of social
distancing, furloughing, Zoom meetings and Joe Wicks workouts, we hope that the impact on your job or business is minimal. We’ve highlighted some relevant webinars, useful resources and details of our online fi re risk assessment training course to help you during this challenging period.
Emergency Lighting Handbook
An updated edition of the FPA’s Emergency Lighting Handbook has just been published featuring the latest advice and guidance. As a comprehensive introduction to emergency lighting, it will help readers understand legislation; regulations; current standards and codes of practice; different types and system design of emergency lighting; installation; as well as testing, certifi cation and maintenance.
role requires them to have an appreciation of the installation and operation of emergency lighting systems, such as facilities managers, architects, specifi ers, fi re offi cers, building control offi cers and building services engineers. It is available to buy on the FPA website at a member price of £15 and a non member price of £20.
FPA webinars
Our webinars provide accurate information, expert insight and the opportunity to pose questions live to fire safety specialists. Two recent sessions included ‘3 Essential Ingredients for Business & Property Protection’, and ‘3 things you need to know about fi re alarms in 2020’. The fi rst of these outlined the fact that, while
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the focus of fire legislation is to preserve life, recent fires in apartments, care homes and hotels have resulted in the complete destruction of the building. It featured examples highlighting that regulations offer little towards preserving our largest fi nancial investment in life – property. FPA principal consultant Howard Passey chaired it, while technical director Dr Jim Glockling discussed resilience basics and the challenges involved in property protection. Meanwhile, in the second webinar FPA trainer
s including fficers and
and fi re alarm expert Shaun Lawrance explored recent amendments and general guidance on use of BS 5839-6: 2019: Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings. Code of practice for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of fire detection and fire alarm systems in domestic premises. He also gave clarification on the LPS 1014 and BAFE SP203 schemes regarding accreditation of fire detection and alarm contractors, and the auditing process. All previous webinar recordings and
presentations are available to members in the members’ area at
www.thefpa.co.uk/ membership/
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4 MAY 2020
www.frmjournal.com THE UK’ NATIONAL FIRE SAFETY ORGANISATION
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