ASFP AGM 2015 Guest Presentation 2015/6. AGM 2015... · THE UK’s NATIONAL FIRE SAFETY ORGANISATION Protecting people, property, business and the environment ... Chris Barlow National

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ASFP AGM 2015

Guest Presentation

Howard Passey Commercial Director

Fire Protection Association

THE UK’s NATIONAL FIRE SAFETY ORGANISATION

Protecting people, property, business and the environment



Training in Passive Fire Protection

ASFP AGM 26th June 2015

Howard Passey BEng(Hons) MIFireE FIFSM

Director

With thanks to: -

Wilf Butcher CEO Association for Specialist Fire Protection

Chris Barlow National Business Development Director, Encon

Chairman of the ASFP Industry Steering Group



Purpose • To develop a nationally recognised industry training scheme

for passive fire protection

The scheme aims to: • Up-skill contractors involved in the installation of passive fire

protection

• Improve the knowledge base of those involved in the design,

distribution/supply, inspection and maintenance of passive fire

protection

ASFP Training Initiative



Targets

Wider markets

Specific others

Distribution supply chain

Allied specialist

trades

Specialist contractor workforce



It’s been important to recognise that passive fire

protection is often installed by other trades



Or damaged by follow-on trades unaware of the

importance of maintaining compartmentation



Or, installed by the well meaning, albeit lacking the

necessary competence



• Fire risk in a premises must be managed, for the life of

the building

• The Responsible Person / Duty Holder must ensure that

a ‘suitable and sufficient’ fire risk assessment is carried

out and maintained and that appropriate control

measures are implemented

• ‘Responsible person’ concept widely applicable to….

every person, who has, to any extent, control of those

premises…. in relation to:

• the maintenance or repair of any premises, including

anything in or on premises

• the safety of any premises

Legislative drivers



What does a fire risk assessment look like?



Fire risk assessment guidance

• PAS 79 - Fire Risk Assessment. Guidance and a

recommended methodology – states….. • Fire development and spread can be passively limited by fire

protection measures, such as fire resisting walls and floors…,

which can be used to subdivide the building into a number of

separate fire compartments…..

• It will often be relevant, therefore, for the fire risk assessor

to take account of such fire-resisting construction and to

consider its maintenance [e.g. the adequacy of fire stopping ],

often by inspecting sample areas of construction.

• Similarly the Enforcing Authorities?



Fire system contractor convicted

• Fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £6,000 costs.

• Pleaded guilty to two charges of failing to maintain a

fire detection & alarm system at a care home in

Manchester, and failing to inform the owners of the

deficiencies in the system.

• Among the deficiencies found were: • A blown fuse overridden with a piece of wire

• An electronic component suspended between two terminal bocks instead of

being attached to the circuit board

• An alarm silence/fault warning buzzer missing from the circuit board

• The fault warning light on the front face of the panel had been almost

covered by paint



Guidance is available

• But is only part of the competency puzzle

• Competent?

• ‘Sufficient training and experience or knowledge and other

qualities’



Other causes for concern

• The methodology for the design and construction of buildings

is changing to meet with government requirements in terms of

carbon reduction and environmental sustainability

• Growth in the use of MMC. The importance of correctly

specified and installed PFP measures in this construction type

cannot be underestimated

• Clear disconnect in knowledge within supply chain practice in

relation to required competence in the use, installation, and

regulatory understanding of all aspects of the PFP process

• Presently no cohesive structure within the PFP sector that will

ensure a consistent regime in the development of good

working practice



• Headlines • Underpinning work complete, courses running since Q4

2014

• Elements remain work in progress, albeit nearing completion

• Development work supported financially by CITB (≈ 27%) via their ‘Growth Fund’.

• Structure based on discussion, experience and steering

• Focused on needs of individual / employer

• No ‘one size fits all’ approach

• Cost effective

• Practically focused

ASFP Training Initiative



CITB Requirements / Deliverables

• Training curriculums and detailed training plans

• Course timetables; learner notes and handouts

• Presentations

• Pilot delivery of courses

• Storyboards for online learning resources which will support face to

face training delivery

• An industry wide scheme document to act as definitive guidance for

those involved in the process outlining scope, syllabus and

curriculums, aims and objectives, teaching plans

• Development and delivery of a final project report to CITB



Steering • Architectural & Specialist Door Manufacturers Association

• Building Research Establishment, incorporating BRE Certification

• British Woodworking Federation

• Door and Hardware Federation

• Federation of Environmental Trade Associations Ltd

• Guild of Architectural Ironmongers

• Gypsum Products Development Association

• IFC Certification Ltd

• Intumescent Fire Seals Association

• BM TRADA Certification Limited

• Exova Warringtonfire

• Association of Interior Specialists (AIS)

• British Woodworking Federation (BWF)

• Distributors - Encon and Sheffield Insulation

• Structural Timber Association

• Main Contractors, e.g. Laing O’Rourke

• Local Authority Building Control

• Building Control Alliance



Structure

Core module

Requirement for all learners

Underpinning knowledge

Create level playing field

Remove need for repetition

Basis for wider market offering

Follow-on modules

6 specific areas of study

Undertake those to suit training need

Cost effective



Core Module

• Legislation, fire risk assessment, Building regulations and Standards

• Codes of Practice

• Hazard spotting

• Fire science

• Product and Contractor 3rd Party Certification

• Fire protection measures: Passive, Active & Signage systems • Passive systems

• Structural protection; non reactive, intumescent, cladding

• Fire stopping and fire seals, cavity barriers

• Fire resistant ducting and dampers; FR boarded systems, FR cladding systems

• Fire retardant coatings

• Partitioning systems, ceiling systems and elements of construction

• Compartmentation & FR substrates

• Fire doors & glazing; Fusible link doors and shutters

• Active systems • Fire detection & alarm systems

• Portable fire extinguishers, fixed suppression systems /sprinklers

• Emergency lighting

• Fire engineering design



Follow-on modules

• Intumescent spray, dry cladding, non-reactive coatings

Structural Steel Protection

• Curtain walling, cavity barriers, linear joints, service penetrations

Fire Stopping

Ducts and dampers

• Ironmongery, glazing

Doors

Glazing

Fire rated partitions, floors and ceilings



Delivery



Ongoing challenge

• The scheme aims to:

• Up-skill contractors involved in the installation of passive fire protection

• New entrants; limited experience; practical but no theoretical

understanding

• Improve the knowledge base of those involved in the design,

distribution/supply, inspection and maintenance of passive fire

protection

• Wider markets

• Building control officers

• Fire risk assessors

• F&RS officers • Site supervisors

• Architects!

• etc

Wider markets

Specific others

Distribution supply chain

Allied specialist trades

Specialist contractor workforce





Thank You

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www.thefpa.co.uk

www.asfp.org.uk

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