Fire Safety – Safety and Health Awareness Day

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in partnership with the Scottish House Builders Health and Safety Forum and Homes for Scotland provided a ‘Fire Safety’ Safety and Health Awareness Day (SHAD) at the Falkirk Stadium, Westfield, Falkirk on Wednesday 9th March 2011.

Key speakers from the HSE; Fire & Rescue Service; UKTFA; BRE and the NHBC discussed the issues surrounding fire safety, particularly during Timber Frame construction, and provided advice on the measures that can be taken during the Planning; Design; Procurement and Construction stages to minimise the risk associated with fire.

The event was beneficial to those who have an influence and are involved in decision making during the Planning, Design, Procurement and Construction of timber frame buildings, including those that offer design and build services or are involved in construction HSE management.

Of the presentations delivered during the day the following are provided for your use and distribution through your Company as appropriate, if using the presentation in whole or part can we ask that you acknowledge the “source” as the name of the speaker and the employing organisation:

Organisation	Speaker	Title
UKTFA	Steven Streets	Fire Safety on Timber Frame Construction Sites
NHBC	Steve Evans	Timber Frame – Fire Safety Principals
BRE Global	Dr Sarah Colwell	Fire Spread – The Issues
Stewart Milne	Stewart Dalgamo	Carbon Compliance and Innovation
HSE	Richard Boland	HSE Case Studies

The following UKTA guidance notes may be of interest also: