Exhibitors

What's new at the Fire Industry Association for 2019?

The Fire Industry Association (FIA), Europe's largest trade association for the fire protection sector, has lots of new and exciting things for visitors at FIREX. 

Those visiting the stand will be pleasantly delighted at the new and improved FIA Bar, where guests can relax, unwind, have a drink, and catch up with new and old colleagues. It's a great space for networking and a great space to meet with other members of the Association.

Membership of the FIA has been growing at an exponential rate over the last year – over 800 companies nationwide are now members, with some joining from outside the UK. Membership of the FIA has some excellent benefits – use of the FIA logo on all your marketing materials such as your website and vehicles for added credibility, discounts on British Standards and all FIA training and qualifications, and access to exclusive members-only technical councils, working groups, and events.

Known throughout the industry as the hub of technical excellence, the FIA has a wealth of technical expertise on a range of areas from fire detection and alarms, to extinguishing systems, to fire risk assessment and more. If you have a technical question, visit the FIA stand to have a chat with a technical manager who will be able to provide you with technical advice and guidance.

Lastly, but certainly not least, visit the FIA stand to have a chat about the qualifications that the FIA has to offer. Qualifications are all Level 3 on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), and will qualify a technician to design, install, maintain, or commission fire detection and alarm systems. 

Each qualification is comprised of four units of study – the Foundation unit, Health and Safety, Environmental, and one specialist advanced unit from a list of four options: Designer, Installer, Maintainer, or Commissioner. The selection of the specialist unit will determine the qualification gained (Installer gets you a qualification in fire detection and alarm installation, and so forth).

New for 2019 is the addition of an FIA ECS card – which lists all qualifications gained on the back of the card and features the FIA logo. 

The FIA will be presenting a number of seminars at FIREX where you can learn more about the qualification structure, topics studied, and any required pre-learning, as well as the new FIA ECS card. You can also find out more about any of the above – and pick up a prospectus – at the FIA bar, where FIA staff will be on hand to explain the courses in detail and help you with any training requests. 

www.fia.uk.com 

IFC Certification is an independent UKAS accredited provider of high-quality customer focused third party certification in support of fire safety and security.

The necessity for manufacturers and installers to be able to demonstrate capability and traceability of their products and services is now more important than ever before, with increased public awareness, industry mindfulness and regulatory recommendations.

With over 15 years' experience successfully delivering our certification services to a vast array of clients who specify, manufacture, install, assess or maintain fire protection products and systems, we are the perfect partners to ensure you remain industry leaders.

IFC Certification offers a comprehensive range of schemes covering Product, Installer and Fire Risk Certification, that are designed to provide confidence and transparency to the market and end-users. IFC is also able to provide Enhanced Security Schemes, Site Inspections Services, Quality Management Systems as well as being a Notified Body for certificating products for CE Marking under the Construction Products Directive.

IFC Certification is part of the IFC Group which is an internationally recognised and trusted specialist consultancy, delivering independent, honest and practical fire safety solutions to professionals across the built environment. IFC provide bespoke insight and advice for Fire Engineering, Fire Risk Management, Product Evaluation and Active Systems that enable the protection of life, preservation of property and safeguard business continuity.

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