The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) announced the winners of two new Awards at its inaugural Annual Awards Lunch on 8 December 2017, held at the Tower of London. The sell-out event saw ASFP COO Niall Rowan award…
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection launches new Passive Fire Protection Awards
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) is to create a new range of Passive Fire Protection Awards to highlight excellence in passive fire protection and to reward those who contribute to the advancement of awareness, quality and education within…
Grenfell Tower: ASFP statement
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) wishes to convey its sincere condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower tragedy and to pay tribute to the bravery and professionalism of the fire service.…
ASFP offers free seminar at Fire Safety Scotland
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) is hosting a free breakfast seminar session on Thursday 4 May in the Fire & Evacuation Theatre at Fire Safety Scotland at the SECC Glasgow on 3-4 May 2017. Starting with a breakfast roll at…
ASFP seeks Technical Officer
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection, the leading trade association representing the passive fire protection sector in the UK and Ireland, is seeking a part-time Technical Officer. The Technical Officer is responsible for the drafting, upkeep and revision of all…
A plan of action
In the September issue of IFP, the ASFP outlined the lessons learned from its interactive question time event, held during Firex International in London earlier this year. This well-attended event, entitled ‘A Question of Safety’, consisted of a panel of…
ASFP seeks support for developing operable curtains guidance
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) is seeking assistance from individuals, manufacturers or installers involved in the manufacture and installation of operable fire and smoke curtains to assist it in developing independent guidance on the use and specification of…
ASFP to host Fire Protection Roundtable in support of Fire Door Safety Week
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) is to host a Fire Protection Roundtable on 28 September in support of Fire Door Safety Week. The event, which will bring together a panel of key experts from across the entire construction…
Working together for fire safety
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection assembled together key experts from across the entire construction process to answer audience questions and concerns about fire protection. ASFP CEO Wilf Butcher chaired the session. The interactive question time event, held on 22…
A passive revolution? Revolutionary change for the passive fire protection industry
I was recently invited to be a guest speaker at an industry conference, and as part of the process I was asked to write a short biography to accompany the programme. From this I learnt a valuable lesson – read…
‘Whodunnit?’ at the launch of the ASFP/FIS Fire Performance Labelling Scheme
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) and FIS, which represents the Finishes and Interior Sector, are launching a new Fire Performance Partition Labelling Scheme at Firex International 2016. The labelling initiative aims to identify fire performance partitions to installers,…
ASFP to host Passive Fire Protection Zone at Firex International
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) will be welcoming visitors to the ASFP Passive Fire Protection Zone, at Firex International in London’s ExCel on 21-23 June. The ASFP’s stand (D179), featuring a 12m2 video screen, will be the focal…
Testing times for tall buildings?
In the wake of The Address Downtown Dubai hotel fire and other high profile fires in tall buildings, Niall Rowan outlines the Association for Specialist Fire Protection’s initiatives to provide an affordable fire test for manufacturers of cavity barriers used…
Designing for Fire Safety – Turning Aspiration into Reality
In the grand scheme of things, where does the issue of appropriate fire safety fit within the conceptual design of a building? In all probability it may not always sit at the top of the client’s priority ‘wish list’ of…
The CE Marking – Explaining its Jargon and Acronyms
The Construction Products Regulation (CPR) is intended to provide for the free movement of construction products across EU countries. It can be summed up in the following statement. ‘Manufacturers who have had their products successfully evaluated against a European Technical…
ASFP offers Experts Clinic at Firex International 2015
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) will be welcoming visitors to the ASFP Passive Fire Protection Zone, at this year’s Firex International at London’s ExCel on 16-18th June 2015. A central element of this year’s ASFP facility will…
Passive Protection Guide
The ASSOCIATION FOR SPECIALIST FIRE PROTECTION (ASFP) has published the 2nd edition of its Best Practice Guide in Passive Fire Protection, which contains comprehensive information about the installation, specification, commissioning and purchasing of passive fire protection. The Guide defines the…
Guide to Steel Fire Protection
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection has published a new edition of its ‘Yellow Book’ guide to fire protection for structural steel in buildings. Fire protection to structural steelwork plays an essential role in ensuring that buildings will not collapse…
New Passive Protection Guidance Notes
The UK’s Association of Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has published three new guidance notes. ASFP Advisory Note Six addresses the use of firestopping components from different manufacturers/systems; Advisory Note Seven covers horizontal linear gap seals used in curtain walling systems;…
Seeing the whole picture
The Grenfell Tower fire continues as a major focus for all in the fire safety and construction sectors in the UK, as the investigations into the fire and its ramifications seem certain to result in a change in culture in…