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The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) will once again be hosting the ASFP Pavilion on stand FI1224 at Firex International at London Excel from 17-19 May.

Learning Zone

Featuring a Learning Zone, the ASFP Pavilion aims to help visitors to gain a greater understanding of the essential role of passive fire protection within today’s built environment.

ASFP will be showcasing its range of training courses, guidance documents, and membership services and offering advice for all involved from designers, specifiers, and contractors, to building owners, risk assessors, and facilities managers. The Pavilion also brings together in one location several ASFP member companies, representing a cross-section of the passive fire protection sector.

training courses

ASFP offers a range of courses, from classroom training to a revolutionary e-learning platform

ASFP's experts will be on hand to answer all the passive fire protection queries, discuss the latest regulatory requirements, and explain how their training courses can help users demonstrate competency. 

ASFP offers a range of courses, from classroom training to a revolutionary e-learning platform, which enables learners to study for the Institution of Fire Engineers Level 2 and Level 3 Certificates in PFP.

Topics of discussion

The Learning Zone will be the location for the Passive Fire Protection Conference, which will feature expert speakers each day, discussing key issues of concern. This is free to attend for anyone visiting the event and is CPD accredited. Speakers and topics under discussion will include:

Day 1

  • 10:30 - 11:15 - Andrew Taylor (ASFP) – Not if but when...? How does the ASFP seek to change passive fire protection regulation and where will we go from here?
  • 11:30 - 12:15 - Andrew Cooper (Global HSE) – CPVC and passive fire protection lessons learned
  • 13:00 - 13:45 - Darren Webster (Firesafe Fire Rated Ductwork Ltd) – Fire-resisting ductwork
  • 14:00 - 14:45 - Joe Cilia (FIS) – Should we be treating walls as a system?

Day 2

  • 10:30 - 11:15 - Niall Rowan (ASFP)
  • 11:30 - 12:15 - Chris Miles (UL)
  • 13:00 - 13:45 - Moe Elmasry (Checkmate) – Early planning and electronic work logging
  • 14:00 - 14:45 - Ashley Phillips and Adrian Aynsley (FSI) – The importance of passive fire protection
  • 15:00 - 15:45 Jonathan Tomlin (Inpro Corporation)

Day 3

  • 10:30 - 11:15 - David O’Reilly (ASFP)
  • 11:30 - 12:15 - James Brooks (Coopers)
  • 13:00 - 13:45 - Karthick Govarthanam (Firefly)– Passive fire barriers
  • 14:00 - 14:45 - Marco Arreghini (SFS) – Fire-rated ductwork: fix the basics to raise the bar

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