Technical Sprinkler Seminar Tuesday 21st February 2012, Stirling (CPD Event)

15 January 2012 by Jim Bennett

Venue: Barcelo Stirling Highland Hotel, Spittal Street, Stirling FK8 1DU

Cost: Complimentary

Organised by BAFSA, Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service and The Institution of Fire Engineers.

The Seminar will be followed by a site visit of the Fire Precautions and Water Mist Systems at Stirling Castle.

0930	Registration and Coffee		30Mins
1000	Welcome	Gordon Gilmour Vice President IFE (Scotland)	5Mins
1005	Introduction and Scene Setting	Kenny Taylor Chief Fire Officer Central Scotland FRS	10Mins
1015	Gorbals Multi Storey Fire	Kirsty Fotheringham Gorbals Housing Association	30Mins
1045	Sheffield Multi Storey Project and Report	Steve Seaber SFS Partnership	30Mins
1115	BS 9251 : 2005	Max Fowler Vipond Ltd	30Mins
1145	Experimental Performance of Water Mist	Eric Marchant Edinburgh Fire Consultants	30Mins
1215	Water Mist system Stirling Castle	Stewart Kidd BAFSA	30Mins
1245	Buffet Lunch		60Mins
1415	Tour of Fire Precautions and Water Mist System Stirling Castle	Stewart Kidd BAFSA	60Mins
1515	Event Closes

Seminar 1st March 2012, Edinburgh: Sustainable Fire Engineering is ‘The Future’. (CPD Event)

by Jim Bennett

Registration fee

IFE members £7.00 GBP non-IFE members £10.00 GBP

Linkedin Fire Engineering Group

31 July 2011 by Jim Bennett

Members may find the fire engineering discussions within this Group of  interest.

Click here please

President Represents Branch at Emergency Planning Conference, New Delhi

10 September 2010 by Jim Bennett

Buncefield: company convicted of Health and Safety Breach

2 July 2010 by Jim Bennett

Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Fire

4 June 2010 by Jim Bennett

On April 20, 2010, a loss of well control occurred and resulted in an explosion and fire on the Transocean/BP Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Deepwater Horizon.

 Eleven lives were lost in this incident and the MODU subsequently sank.

The well has not yet been secured, and the resulting release of oil has been declared a spill of US national significance with oil threatening sensitive coastlines and resources in the Gulf of Mexico. This  has having a Global Impact on offshore drilling well control.

Gulf of Mexico Emergency Response:

Please click here for current information…

Department of Interior Report - click here increased safety measures 27.10.10

What Went Wrong?:

At the time of the accident, the Deepwater Horizon was operating 52 miles from shore in 4,992 feet of water with a subsea Blow Out Prevention (BOP) stack. After the Deepwater Horizon sank, Remote Operating Vehicle’s confirmed that the riser was bent over and still attached to the BOP and that oil is flowing from leaks in the riser above the BOP. Numerous attempts to actuate the BOP have failed.

Corrective actions and Recommendations:

While the exact causes of this event are now under investigation, the tragic nature of this accident compels operators and drilling contractors to inspect their drilling equipment and review their procedures to ensure the safety of personnel and protection of the environment.

Within the Scottish Oil and Gas Sector the Health and Safety Executive Offshore Safety Division should be contaced for futher advice (click here for guidance overview)

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Operational Guidance Board

26 March 2010 by Jim Bennett

The Scottish Branch of the Institution are now consultative members of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Operational Guidance Board – for Terms of Reference please click here.

Details of the meetings can be found on The SFRAU section of the Government website by clicking here.

It should be noted that we are also consultative members of the Chief Fire Officer’s Association, Scotland Practitioners’ Policy Forum.

Further details may be obtained by contacting the Branch Secretary.

Details of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Circulars/Dear Chief Officer’s Letters can be found by clicking here.

The Association of Brirish Insurers have issued a paper entitled “Tackling Fire: a call for Action” – for details of their proposals please click here.

Annual General Meeting 14th May 2010

23 March 2010 by Jim Bennett

Our Annual General Meeting will be follwed by an enabling discussion on:

 

Lessons Learned from the Scottish Fire Safety Legislation Implementation: next STEPS?

 

What has worked well?

What can we do better?

Next STEPS?

Brian Fraser, Head of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Advisory Unit (SFRAU), will introduce the topic.

Date: 14^th May 2010

Time: 1300hrs, buffet lunch at 1230hrs

Venue: Tayside Fire and Rescue Service Training and Development Centre, 401 High Street (Long Causeway), Perth, PH1 1PL, Tel – 01738 622226

Please advise secretary@ife-scotland.org.uk if you are attending. Visitors are also most welcome to the next STEPS discussion.

SIFE AGM MinutesRev1 – May 2010

Draft Fire Risk Assessment Document

Route to IFE Chartership: SFEN Workshop, 31.3.10

5 March 2010 by Jim Bennett

The Scottish Fire Engineering Network (SFEN) will be holding a workshop on “The Route to IFE Chartership” at 1800hrs on Wednesday the 31st March 2010 at Glasgow Caledonian University, 70 Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, G4 0BA

Dr Jim Marsden will be the keynote speaker.

For more information on the Engineering Council Registration process please click here.

Please advise Jim Bennett, Secretary, if you wish to attend. (secretary@ife-scotland.org.uk )

Member Data Forms

20 February 2010 by Jim Bennett

Our membership renewal process is presently in progress.

Members are requested to forward updated Membership Data Forms to Mark Cawthra at Hedquarters as soon as possible. Any requests for furthter clarification should also be addressed to him.

Thanks in anticipation.

Jim

Branch Secretary