This session will deliver a public address from the Home Office addressing its focus on fire safety in the UK. Attendees will also be able to pose questions to to the government in this session.

In an ever-changing and evolving world, traditional detection systems will find it difficult to keep pace with increased fire risks in demanding environments. Meeting these growing challenges, Xtralis, the Advanced Detection Division of Honeywell, has a wide range of advanced detection technologies providing necessary solutions. Highlighting a best-in-class portfolio of products, which includes VESDA, Li-ion Tamer, OSID, and more, we will focus on several modern applications and advice on detection solution best practices – specifically, on challenging environments like datacentres, warehouses, waste and recycling, energy storage, and others.

The fire engineering landscape in which we operate is changing at a faster pace than at any time. This is both exciting and challenging and we looking to have input from stakeholders including other engineering disciplines in shaping our future direction. Across the board our roles and responsibilities are evolving, influenced by advances in technologies and materials, external factors such as climate change and learnings from major incidents such as Grenfell. These are all influencing new regulations and standards, new ways of working and highlighting the importance of knowledge and information sharing to evolve our skills and capabilities worldwide. In the presentation, we will address the importance of understanding the big picture for the fire engineering input to projects and its impact on the design sustainability and influence the asset operation throughout the life-cycle.

This session will explain how flexible the fire system can be in an educational setting, and highlight some of the lesser known applications.  These include using the fire panel in a lockdown situation, and how the fire system can adapt for exam mode.

This session will talk about the implementation of the new Building Safety Act and explain what you need to do to ensure your building is compliant under the new regulations.

With the modernisation of digital technology being used in modern fire solutions and the growth of wireless systems, this session will look at what is being done to protect these systems from cyber attacks.

Institute of Fire Safety Managers’ Dave White will provide key information on how to identify if you have a suitable fire risk assessment and warn of the dangers and ramification of failing to comply.

It’s been five year’s since Dame Judith Hackitt published her Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety. This session will look at how these recommendations have been implemented and what more needs to be done in the wake of the Grenfell fire tragedy.

This presentation will link together new requirements from regulatory change here in the U.K. with the practical implications and highlight the support that accredited testing and certification bodies offer.  

The Golden thread (REG 38) information, fire door inspection requirements, Principal Designers/Principal Contractors and specialist contractors, the new product regulator, UKCA marking, and safety-critical products.

This session will outline how the Building Safety Act impacts on the supply of safety critical products and how the National Regulator for Construction Products will operate to remove unsafe construction products from the market. It will also provide details on compliant products to protect buildings.

In the wake of the Grenfell fire tragedy, the spotlight has never been stronger on the safety of residents and residential buildings. This session will talk about evacuation procedures.

This session will provide key information on how to create a safe evacuation plan and will also explain why it’s essential that premises have suitable emergency lighting to aid with evacuations.

Public premise could include anything from hotels, religious premises, shopping centres, stadiums and much more. This session will cover both passive and active fire safety solutions to protect these premises and members of the public.