ASFP Ireland Membership

Membership is open to contractors, manufacturers, distributors and other professionals engaged in the passive fire protection. Join today and ensure you are fully involved in the industry ...click here for details. To download a membership enquiry form please click here

 

Training – Passive Fire Protection (PFP)  - ASFP Ireland is pleased to say that the first series of training courses run on the 17th – 19th April was well supported and that Exova Warringtonfire, the training provider, will be running further courses over the coming months. We would like to acknowledge the support of the HSE who not only provided the venue and block booked the first ‘Passive Fire Protection - Risk Assessment’ course but have committed to an ongoing training programme for their staff.

 

There are still a few places available for the next ‘Passive Fire Protection – Risk Assessment’ course on the 22nd May. Further ‘Passive Fire Protection – Installers’ courses will be run to cater for demand and will feature additional discipline training modules as required – see Exova Warringtonfire for details of available modules. If you are interested in training or require further information please contact david@pfpconsulting.ie.         

2. Passive Fire Protection - Risk Assessment Tuesday 22 May (Rochestown Lodge Hotel & Leisure Centre – 5 Minutes from M50 Junction 16):    
3. A 1 Day Programme comprising a “Core Module” that provides an insight into fire testing and the way products react in a fire situation (the background to why installation has to be conducted in a correct manner), and the training module ‘Risk Assessor – Passive Fire Protection’.

 

Passive Fire Protection - Installers:    A 2 Day Programme providing instruction for contractors to understand how to carryout the installation of Passive Fire Protection Systems. The CPD accredited course will start with a “Core Module” providing an insight to Exova Warringtonfire and the work they perform, fire testing and the way products react in a fire situation (the background to why installation has to be conducted in a correct manner). This initial course will also include discipline modules in Penetration Sealing Systems, Fire Resisting Timber Door sets and Cavity Barriers. Each discipline module will have an “End Test” to enable participants to demonstrate their competence in the subject. 
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Structural Fire Safety - Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005

ASFP Ireland has produced a document which provides guidance to employers on their responsibilities under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 with respect to fire safety. The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 came into operation on 1st November 2007 ……read more

 

In a recent statement in the Dáil about the need for more rules to combat the failure of self-regulation, Minister Hogan (Environment Community and Local Government) confirmed that in July 2011 I announced a number of measures to be advanced by my department and local authorities which include the introduction of mandatory certificates of compliance by builders and designers of buildings confirming that the statutory requirements of the Building Regulations had been met.... Click here

Hogan urges more fire checks on appartment Click here

Priory Hall complex evacuation as a result of breach of building and fire safety standards by the developer Click here

Priory Hall developer jailed for 3 months, fined. Click here

Developer Tom McFeely has won a reprieve against a three-month prison sentence and €1m fine for contempt. Click here

 

Back in September, ASFP Ireland held a seminar workshop chaired by Terence Flanagan TD at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin which concentrated on ‘Fire Compartmentation - the Who, Why & How of Compliance’.  Many of the potential scenarios now identified at Priory Hall were debated on the day. For copies of the presentations Click here

 

Bachelor of Engineering Technology in Fire Engineering - new qualification introduced by Institution of Fire Engineers Republic of Ireland Branch. For more information Click here

 

The ASFP is pleased to announce the publication of a new addition to its extensive range of Guidance documentation. The ‘ASFP Guide to Inspecting Passive Fire Protection for Fire Risk Assessors’ is aimed at all those directly involved in the specification, installation or maintenance of passive fire protection... Click here
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EU Construction Products Regulation - final version published Click here