This event comes from our London Branch. entitled Fire and rescue service access and facilities: 'magic numbers' and 'golden rules'
This CPD presentation will address some of the ‘magic numbers’ and ‘golden rules’ found in UK Building Regulations fire safety design guidance for fire and rescue service access and facilities. From a fire and rescue service perspective, Ben Mossop will explain the basis for some of the recommendations of guidance for access and facilities and why these may, or may not, remain relevant today.
Have you ever wondered why guidance includes an 18m threshold for introducing a firefighting shaft? Doesn’t the 20m maximum reversing distance have something to do with horses? Come along, hear a fire and rescue service perspective and join the discussion!
Programme
11:45 Presenter and co-host to sign into Zoom platform
12:00-12:45 Presentation by speaker
12:45-13:00 Q&A
About the Speaker
Ben is a Senior Fire Engineer with the London Fire Brigade (LFB) and is one of the joint Team Leaders for the Brigade’s Fire Engineering Group. As well as helping to lead LFB’s growing team of fire engineers, technicians and support staff, he is also the Fire Engineering Group lead for work relating to the new regulatory regime for higher-risk buildings under the Building Safety Regulator.
Ben’s areas of expertise include active fire protection systems and transport and infrastructure projects, having previously been Team Leader and Transport Fire Engineer for LFB’s transport fire safety function. This team was responsible for the regulation of fire safety across London’s extensive rail, road, air and river transport network. Ben’s MSc research investigated the impact of operations within sub-surface rail infrastructure upon firefighter physiology. He was also a member of the technical panel that drafted BS 9992:2020, the new code of practice for fire safety in the design, management and use of rail infrastructure.
Prior to joining LFB, Ben was a Senior Building Control Officer at the City of London District Surveyor’s Office, the authority responsible for approving building work in the historic ‘Square Mile’, from 2011 to 2015. Ben commenced his engineering career in 2007 as a Mechanical Engineer with Waterman Building Services.
Ben was recently appointed Vice President of the Institution of Fire Engineers London Branch. He has previously been Chairman of the Rail Industry Fire Association (2017-2020) and Vice President of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers UK Chapter (2014-2023)