Date: 19 April 2018. Running time: 51 minutes. Dr Jim Glockling presents ABI commissioned research into current cladding system standards, and their need for review.

Date: 19 April 2018. Running time: 46 minutes. This webinar sees Dr Jim Glockling present ABI commissioned research looking at the effectiveness of detection and associated evacuation procedures. It focuses on a case for high integrity detection in all new commercial and high rise buildings and provides a review of the passive resilience/construction methods and material requirements for buildings intending to have stay put policies.

Date: 27 August 2019. Running time: 50 minutes. The technical guidance note for Residential Sprinkler Systems was created following the Grenfell tragedy to support the predicated uplift of installation of these systems in tall buildings. Dr Jim Glockling seeks to clarify the roles and responsibilities of all parties in accordance with the model laid out by Dame Judith Hackitt. He addresses some of the known identified issues in terms of responsibilities, competency, system specification, product selection and performance.

The webinar will highlight the importance of supply chain management and introduce and explain how the RISCAuthority Supply Chain Risk Assessment Tool can be used to help businesses understand the risk with their supply chains.

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This webinar has now been superceded by an updated version - Analysing Client Supply Chain Risks with RISCAuthority's Toolkit

The Supply Chain Toolkit is a valuable resource for small and medium size businesses to help them manage the risks associated with supply chain interruptions. Developed by RISCAuthority’s Business Continuity Working Group and recently upgraded to improve and simplify the user experience, member companies can now control the resources provided on their own versions of the website. This webinar will explain the website changes and provide an overview of how the toolkit works for those who are new to it.

Delegates participating in the accredited Fire Protection Association Webinars programme can claim 1 CPD hour towards the CII accredited CPD scheme.

Following the recent letter sent out to industry, this follow-up webinar will explain the intent of the existing BS EN 12845 clause and provide information/background on the newly approved proposal for inclusion into TB229 related to this update.

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The determination of the is complex and dependant upon many factors including country, building height, building type, building occupancy, and of course cladding system component combustibility. RISCAuthority’s Passive Working Group has developed an insurer questionnaire (IQ7: Cladding Systems) – that elicits the information required by anyone trying to assess risk, with particular attention paid to ensuring the methods are evidenced by submission of the necessary reports, standards, and design documents.

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Class 0 was said to be the highest national performance classification for construction materials and products, such as in external walls, until the fatal fire of Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017. It was defined in the statutory guidance of Approved Document Part B and not in any British Standard. The 72 deaths were a high price to pay for British society to discover that Class 0 could in fact be achieved by composite products with highly combustible cores.

This webinar will try to explain the Class 0 Conundrum using the evidence from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry to date.

Delegates participating in the accredited Fire Protection Association Webinars programme can claim 1 CPD hour towards the CII accredited CPD scheme.

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Date: 6 May 2016. Running time: 59 minutes. The risk from fire are very real during the construction phase of any building. This webinar presented by Howard Passey, principal consultant at the Fire Protection Association addresses minimising the risk of fire on construction and renovation sites.

This webinar will launch a new RISCAuthority/FPA guidance document aimed at ensuring that property protection and business resilience have been adequately considered during the design stage of a fire engineering solution and accompanying fire strategy.

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Date: 10 June 2016. Running time: 46 minutes. Adair Lewis one of our most senior fire safety experts, shares his knowledge on fire safety with flammable liquids.

It is environmental policy to encourage Green Walls along with Green Roofs, and planning can be conditional on their provision. Clients are experimenting with ways to add Green Walls into their projects, and at greater height, as Nurseries develop systems for consultants and contractors. 

In this Webinar the approved convention of testing planting is considered, and another approach suggested which shall involve R&D among the Green Wall providers.

This webinar recording is available via on demand using this link. From here, you will also be able to download your CPD certificate. 

Due to the size of the slides, we are unable to upload them to the website. If you would like a copy, please download them directly from the on demand link above. If you have any issues, please contact Jennifer Allen at jallen@thefpa.co.uk.

Delegates participating in the accredited Fire Protection Association Webinars programme can claim 1 CPD hour towards the CII accredited CPD scheme.

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Date: 27 July 2018. Running time: 1 hour. Listen to Howard Passey, principal consultant at the Fire Protection Association as he discusses the current assortment of fire safety guidance, standards, and certification schemes available. He provides advice on where to go to ensure the use of competent persons and suitable fire safety products and services.

This short webinar will describe the background and output of an insurer funded initiative to raise awareness of the information they need in support of risk underwriting.

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An inevitable consequence of the Net-Zero ambition will be the increased use of wood as a structural building component of large buildings. For the insurer this presents a number of challenges derived from the change in materials used, the ways they are assembled, and the additional insured perils that come into play. These changes impact the very heart of established insurance principles for assessment and risk measurement, and to the uninformed the level of insurer concern could be mistaken for a knee-jerk reaction to the unknown.

To ensure the insurer viewpoint is appropriately communicated to all stakeholders, RISCAuthority has released a white paper entitled ‘Insurance challenges of massive timber construction (and a possible way forward)’.

Produced with input from 24 major UK insurers, this white paper definitively describes the insurance challenges of massive timber construction to the perils of fire and water. If embraced at the point of design, it is hoped that it will result in buildings that are both sustainable and insurable, satisfying the requirements of all stakeholders.

This webinar introduces the key concepts of the white paper.

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White Paper - Insurance Challenges of Massive and Mass Timber Construction

Date: 20 October 2017. Running time: 1 hour 2 minutes. This webinar, presented by Howard Passey, principal consultant at the Fire Protection Association focuses on commercial kitchen extract ductwork systems and the associated fire risks.

Date: 4 April 2019. Running time: 47 minutes. The Fire Protection Association and RISCAuthority are the author and publishers of the UK's most significant sprinkler installation standard. It was developed to provide an authoritative guide to best practice in sprinkler installation and maintenance. Listen again to this webinar as it covers recent updates to LPC Technical Bulletins from minor revisions such as, TB208 and TB232 to major changes like TB203 for new test procedures for 'dry' pipe sprinkler systems.

Following the recent issue of updated LPC Technical Bulletins, this webinar is to inform the audience the technical aspects/changes and reasons behind the new updates.

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Date: 1 October 2019. Running time: 46 minutes. In a follow up session to our previous webinar - LPC Sprinkler Rules Update – everything you need to know, this session features Dale Kinnersley answering your questions about the latest LPC Sprinkler Rules updates. Dale is our Principal Consultant responsible for suppression, technical issues, sprinkler inspections and sprinkler training, making him the best expert to answer your questions.

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Date: 15 August 2019. Running time: 47 minutes. Dr Jim Glockling, technical director at the Fire Protection Association, This work, conducted in association with UCLAN, suggests that the lack of fire protection measure to occupants from building regulations, and the potential toxic exposure from building materials means occupants may be inadequately protected from harm.

Date: 15 January 2016. Running time: 43 minutes. Dr Simon Bird, convenor of the active working group, highlights the key changes to the 2015 LPC Rules for Automatic Sprinkler Installations.

After a period of historical development in which the construction method was applied to pioneering low and medium rise projects, Permanent Stacked Modular Buildings are being commercialised at scale, and increasingly in the form of high-rise urban towers. With greater political backing Modular has become a familiar Modern Method of Construction (MMC) in which volumetric units of pre-finished room sized accommodation are stacked by tower crane around lift and stair cores. Often (but not always) the cores are insitu reinforced concrete, and a wide range of Modular systems are available from a growing number of competing manufacturers. 

This webinar recording is available via on demand using this link . 

Delegates participating in the accredited Fire Protection Association Webinars programme can claim 1 CPD hour towards the CII accredited CPD scheme.

Due to the size of the slides, we are unable to upload them to the website. If you would like a copy, please contact Courtney Savidge at csavidge@thefpa.co.uk. 

With regulation focussed almost exclusively on life-safety, and the move to more sustainable and potentially combustible materials and methods of construction, buildings are becoming less resilient.

Increased anticipated material damage, and associated material damage, can impact insurability and security of investment. With this in mind, the design community needs to respond with the inclusion of features to limit the extent of loss over and above that demanded in (life-safety) law.

Date: 30 September 2016. Running time: 57 minutes. Listen again to Howard Passey, principal consultant, Fire Protection Association in this webinar on the current work of the Risk Control working group. Particular focus is on outlining new or soon to be published documents.

The biofuel industry in the UK has grown from almost nothing in 2005 to one with a capacity to produce over 1.5 billion litres per year in 2021. This industry forms part of the UK strategy to reduce use of fossil fuels.

To align with the growth in size and scale of biofuel production, RC46: Risk control for biofuel manufacturing facilities has been extensively revised and broadened to cover both biodiesel and bioethanol manufacturing units, up to large industrial scale manufacturing plants.

This webinar will cover the key hazards associated with commercial biofuel manufacturing plants and recommended risk controls aligned with expectations for chemical/process sector manufacturing plants.

This webinar recording is available via on demand using this link. From here, you will also be able to download your CPD certificate. 

Due to the size of the slides, we are unable to upload them to the website. If you would like a copy, please download them directly from the on demand link above. If you have any issues, please contact Jennifer Allen at jallen@thefpa.co.uk.

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Date: 7 July 2017. Running time: 52 minutes. Presented by Mike Jay, security working group convenor, this webinar looks at security in terms of unauthorised access to commercial sites and empty buildings.

This short webinar was held to refresh all interested parties concerned with service and maintenance of sprinkler systems to meet current LPC standards for commerical and industrial properties.

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Ian Abley, RISCAuthority Passive Working Group convenor, describes the basics of modular construction methods, and gives practical guidance on detailing pertinent to the assurance of correct fire performance during construction and through the building life. 

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Date: 12 February 2016. Running time: 47 minutes. CCTV plays a huge role in the security sector to help mitigate commercial risks. Listen to Mike Jay's presentation on how CCTV is being used in the private sector.

Dr Jim Glockling discusses why watermist is unique amongst the suppression technologies as a background to understanding why its deployment will always demand much greater knowledge of the system, the environment it must work within, and the overall protection ambition. The challenges of making a comparison with sprinkler system protection, and the associated pitfalls, are also discussed.

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