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EditorWilliam Roszczykintroduces this month’s edition


ELCOME TO the July/August 2020 issue of F&RM, which has a rather different focus from the one advertised – for a very good reason that you’ll all be


aware of. As I write this, the UK is now emerging from a wide range of its lockdown conditions in an attempt to boost the economy and address the damage – fi nancial, psychological and societal – resulting from the last four months, which have been life changing and world shaking in their short and long term impacts and implications. In light of the way COVID-19 has affected all of us, we decided that a focus on particular elements of the ways the pandemic will change things (or already has) for our sector and beyond was more appropriate, especially given that everything seems to change on a weekly basis, and that we will be living with restrictions for the foreseeable future. It’s also more or less a certainty that by the time you read this, everything we thought we knew will have changed again! First there’s a report from yours truly on the Digital Week


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webinars – with FIREX postponed, these were held instead, and involved fi re sector leaders exploring COVID-19’s impact on the industry at large. Next, the all important, robust business continuity plan for all sorts of companies post COVID-19 will mean planning for the unplannable and much fine tuning, advises Romero Insurance’s Simon Mabb. On the same theme of business continuity, as UK industries


begin to reopen, Ballyclare’s Silke Hendricks believes that now is the time for employers to demonstrate their commitment to workers’ safety, specifi cally referring to personal protective equipment. Chris Cant of Hytera then talks about challenges for two way radios in extreme environments, and what the industry is doing to minimise operational risk and develop the technology. Then fi nally for this issue’s main topic, Warren Spencer asks whether a new decade and ‘new normal’ will see equally shared responsibility for fi re safety in landlord and tenant partnerships, exploring the implications and potential changes. We have a variety of current affairs focuses in this issue as


well, starting with escape of water – a risk that can be dramatic and expensive, and cause signifi cant problems for businesses and individuals, as Alexander Wildish of Engineering Forensics warns. The latest article in the recent series by Business Sprinkler Alliance’s Iain Cox explains why installing sprinklers in a range of buildings is essential to saving lives and protecting property. Richard Jenkins of the National Security Inspectorate then describes how concerning levels of fire sector false alarms can be tackled by adopting the security sector’s success story – third party certification. Finally, the European Fire Safety Community’s Jéromine Andolfatto discusses the new community and how it aims to help provide collective solutions for fi re safety. Our September issue will focus on insurance, emerging risks, cyber threats and arson prevention. If you’d like to contribute an article to a future issue of the journal, please get in touch with me at wroszczyk@thefpa.co.uk


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