PROGRAM: Monday November 14th

In this webinar the latest research from Belgium and the Netherlands is presented on the risk of smoke propagation and what can be done to prevent the risk for vulnerable people. Different strategies: escape, defend- and stay-in-place and necessary corresponding measures will be discussed, not only from a technical point of view, but also from a human behaviour point of view.

Why is smoke control so important in residential care buildings? And what kind of fire safety measures can be applied to assure a safe evacuation of the non-self-reliant occupants of residential care buildings?
An answer to these and other questions related to the spread of smoke will be threated during this presentation.

How much lower is the reliability for more vulnerable people? Can fire safety measures enlengthen the available safe time for a escape- or a stay-in-place-concept? If you want to know the answers to these questions please join my presentation.

In this presentation we will focus on human behaviour in both an escape concept as well as a stay-in-place concept. How do people react in the event of a fire and what do we need to keep in mind in order to get people to react in a safe way?

This Roundtable will focus on the link between energy poverty (a problem more serious from skyrocketing energy prices & inflation), CO and gas safety.

Increasing energy poverty causes vulnerable households to neglect heating appliance inspections & testing or switch to unsafe alternatives such as gas stoves or barbecues used indoors to keep warm – introducing a high risk of CO death and injury.

Panelists will discuss various training, up- and re-skilling initiatives for heating professionals (installers, inspectors, etc), emergency personnel, fire brigades & other first responders within the context of the review of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), building renovation strategies and growing energy poverty.

Education and awareness of firefighters: the Polish case – Mr Adrian Bucalowski, Deputy Director of the Civil Protection Department, State Fire Service, Poland
(PDF Presentation)

Installers’ skills – Mr Fernando Sigchos Jiménez, Secretary-General of the European Builders Confederation (EBC)

Heating professionals’ competences: the UK’s Digital Benchmark – Mr Stewart Clements, Director of the UK’s Heating & Hotwater Council, HHIC
(PDF Presentation)

Training and awareness of gas distributors (title tbc) – Mr Wayne Merry, Project Lead at Cadent Gas Ltd.
(PDF Presentation)

Professional skills and safety challenges in a context of growing energy poverty – Mr Jason Perrins, Managing Director of Fireblitz.
(PDF Presentation)

Moderator to ask panelists two guiding questions