Stop Press - Extra Extinguisher Refresher Course - Buckingham

There will be a extinguisher refresher course (open to members and non-members alike) on Thursday 28th Jan at the Buckingham Hotel, Buckingham, North Bucks. Details can be found in the usual places or please contact me direct for details via grahamferris@ifeda.org

Extinguisher Refresher Course North of England

Extra refresher course: As Stockport in April is full there will be an extra one day (BAFE approved) extinguisher refresher course at HE Woolley in Middlesbrough on Tuesday 27th April.

Lakanal House and Fire Risk assessments

The following takes about 25 minutes to listen to - it is well worth it. Shocking really!


For anyone who may be interested that missed the radio 4 article today (Thursday 7th Jan) on fire risk assessments in high rise tower blocks, here is the link;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pky9h/Face_the_Facts_High_Rise_Low_Safety/
Regards to all,

Help for New and Non members

IFEDA’s New Member Assistance Programme

If your company is involved in the supply of fire protection equipment and specifically the commissioning and maintenance of Portable Fire Extinguishers and you would like the support and guidance of a Trade Association which is specifically for the independently owned business, then ask yourself:-

· Would you like to be a member of an independent Trade Association i.e. IFEDA where every member is equal, based on the democratic principle of one member one vote. An Association, whose total objectives are to help, assist and fight for the interests of independently owned businesses – just like yours?
· Are you looking at the quality route to take your business forward in 2010 with ISO/BAFE SP101 accreditation?
· Do you know where to start?
If your answer to the first two questions YES and you scratch your head at the third then IFEDA can help.


Following updates and modifications to our long established Member Assistance Programme we are delighted to announce the launch of IFEDA’s Quality Assistance Scheme (QAS). This scheme is designed to help companies obtain ISO/BAFE accreditation whilst also being part of IFEDA and receiving all the guidance and support that belonging to a nationally recognised trade association brings.
By signing up to QAS you will receive:
· A personal visit from the IFEDA General Manager to set you on the right road.
· All documentation pertaining to your business and ISO 9001: 2008 (written with BAFE SP101 in mind).
· Full membership of IFEDA for 12 months
· Help & Assistance in achieving full BAFE approval to SP101/ST104.
· Professional help in developing a quality policy manual which relates to the company's business operations
· An audit to certify your company to ISO 9001 by a UKAS accredited certification body.
The main benefits of this scheme are that:
· You take less time out of your business setting up the documentation etc
· You get personal one to one help.
· The cost to your company is greatly reduced (e.g. the membership element may be paid for over 10 months by direct debit)
· There will be a much faster timescale for completion than if you arranged it yourself.

If you are interested please contact Graham Ferris, General Manager
on 02380 513326 or via email to grahamferris@ifeda.org

IFEDA: The Trade Association where your voice is heard and your interests are ours

Latest IFEDA Newsletter

The latest newsletter with info about up and coming training, news from the AGM and fire safety breaches can be found at www.ifeda.org

For members there is an expanded version in the members section with a members competition.

Happy reading

Welcome New Members

We would like to extend a warm welcome to the following companies who have recently been granted full membership of IFEDA:-
· Direct Fire & Safety Ltd of St Helens, Merseyside
· The Walters Group of Milford Haven
· Guardian Security (SW) Ltd Exeter
· 3 Counties M&G Ltd of Haslemere Surrey
· Inferno Fire Safety & Security Solutions of Abertridwr, Caerphilly
· MDL Fireworks Ltd of Preston
· David Wright— Fire Protection Services of Beverley
· Fairhurst Ward Abbotts Ltd of Greenhithe Kent
· Fal Fire Protection Ltd of Penryn, Cornwall
· The Fire Company of Plymouth
We wish them all a long and fruitful association with IFEDA and as part of IFEDA’s services to members, in the New year we will have exciting news about assistance in attaining ISO/BAFE accreditation.
Details of, and the services offered by, new and established members can be found via the IFEDA website homepage www.ifeda.org and the ‘full members’ tab.

IFEDA AGM 2009

The latest IFEDA National conference took place at the Charlecote Hotel near in Stratford upon Avon and attending members all agreed it was a day full of interesting and informative workshops/presentations. On the 20th anniversary of IFEDA’s inception the Chairman, Colin Payne, highlighted our many achievements over the intervening years not least in being the first fire trade association to achieve ISO 9001 and in 2004 becoming the first association to embrace BAFE approval for its members. He went on to state that in a difficult trading year membership had continued to grow and through the many different committees that Officers attended IFEDA would be, as always, at the forefront fighting for member’s interests and just as importantly campaigning to bring improvements where it can. As pioneers of the commitment to 3rd party accreditation through BAFE, IFEDA members were delighted to greet BAFE General Manager Stephen Adams and catch up with all of BAFE’s latest news and future intentions. Members also picked up some useful tips re ‘marketing on a budget’ as well as catching up with the latest Asbestos regulations and learning about an extremely useful software package for fire risk assessments, before finally taking part in an interesting discussion led by John Judd, Chairman of the IFE on the future of the fire service. For the members who were able to stay and enjoy the evening’s entertainment comedian Mickey Pugh had everyone chuckling into their dinners before the calories were bopped away until the early hours.