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sustainable buildings. New panels will open according to policy and members’ needs.
Data collection advisory panel At the foundation of any good fire safety strategy is data. It is fundamental to be able to assess the current state of fire safety and analyse progress to date. Doing so requires accurate and comparable fire safety data. To help close the existing data gap, the European Commission (EC) will launch a study this year named ‘Closing data gaps and paving the way for pan European fire safety efforts’. The project’s objectives include making a complete inventory of the terminology used and fire data collected regarding fire causes, casualties, damages, fire safety and fire prevention, as well as proposing common terminology definitions for all fire data to be collected, aiming at ensuring common understanding within the EU. This panel aims to provide input into the
EC’s work and have a lasting impact on how data is collected across the EU. That is done by encouraging exchanges of best practice through webinars or podcasts, and developing documents such as a summary report on guiding data collection efforts to improve fire safety in buildings. Perks of belonging to this group include an episode of the Data Project Podcast with (former) MEP Theresa Griffin, and a webinar with Dr Kate Nguyen on the methodology
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and strategy used by the International Fire Safety Standards (IFSS) Coalition to develop its fire terminology glossary.
Facades advisory panel Facade fire safety has proved to be a critical issue in recent years, yet there are currently many test methods across Europe for assessing the fire performance of facades. In 2019, the EC published a call for tender for the ‘Finalisation of the European approach to assess the fire performance of facades’2
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which was awarded to a consortium led by RISE Fire Research. Because this EU level action highlights the
need for a space in which stakeholders can exchange information on the different facades regulations in Europe and on the upcoming European approach, the Community opened an advisory panel on facades fire safety. In it, members can discuss the latest evolutions on facades, compare regulations and standards, and be informed of the EC’s fire information exchange platform work on facades, as well as developments in the European approach on facades. In 2020, members also have the opportunity
to participate in a study looking at national requirements regarding fire safety for high rise residential buildings, hospitals and schools. The panel also has its own podcast, The Facades Files, which aims to discuss how facades regulations and standards are evolving across the globe.
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