Contents Current affairs


38-43 Heated subject Chris Andrews explains the risks associated with hot work, and asks whether we are doing enough to mitigate them


44-47 Better protection The potential issues associated with ionisation smoke alarms are explored by James Hall, and the latest technologies that are being developed to provide the greatest levels of protection


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32-33 Seminar programmes Make your preparations for your FIREX visit by consulting the timetables for the FPA Infozone and the FIREX Expertise and Guidance Theatre


34-37 Safer build Andy Walsh takes us through the most important principles regarding passive fi re protection which need to be considered ahead of it being successfully incorporated into a fire safety strategy


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48-51 Cover all bases According to Nick Jenkins, the cladding industry needs to stop second guessing fi re performance and take responsibility by acting on test evidence and ensuring compliance


52-54 Assessing risk Why could fi re risk assessments fail those they aim to protect when the importance of passive systems is overlooked? Richard Sutton reports


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