Our Sponsors & Supporters
Our Sponsors
Aico
Aico, an Ei Company, is a market leader in domestic fire and Carbon Monoxide (CO) protection, pioneering new technologies and offering high quality alarms designed, developed and manufactured at our factory in Shannon, Ireland. Aico alarms meet all UK standards with a wide range of sensor types to ensure every home is protected, and we offer expert technical support and advice on alarm selection, siting and installation as well as personalised specification documents and a dedicated installer training scheme, Expert Installer.
We also work alongside Local Authorities and Housing Associations to create bespoke specifications and solutions to help create safer environments for tenants.
Apollo
Apollo Fire Detectors Ltd specialises in the design and manufacture of high-quality fire detection solutions for commercial and industrial applications. From our base in Havant, near Portsmouth on the UK’s south coast, we have, for over 40 years, designed and built products that save lives and protect property from the risk of fire.
In that time, we have broadened our capability from a straightforward focus on conventional fire detectors to the manufacture of sophisticated analogue addressable detectors and interfaces.
A relentless desire for innovation drives our company’s product development programme; we are continuously exploring new technologies that help us deliver leading-edge fire detection solutions.
Through planned expansions, Apollo has reached a leading global position in the market for professional fire detection. With regional offices in the UK, America, China, Dubai, Germany and India, plus a network of partners and distributors on five continents, we have cemented our place as a world-class fire solutions provider.
We deliver to our customers tailored fire detection solutions, approved to local standards and regulations, wherever they are based in the world. Apollo fire safety products are used in prestigious locations across the globe: The Statue of Liberty, New York; The Royal Albert Hall, London; The Kremlin, Moscow, to name but a few.
Apollo is part of the Halma group of companies. Halma is a FTSE Top 100 listed PLC, with over 40 subsidiaries worldwide; all engaged in specialist engineering activities.
EMS Group
From concept to point of sale. EMS has comprehensive manufacturing facilities. Equipment installed in our factory includes: 2 x MYDATA fully automated surface mount lines, STL 3D printer for rapid prototyping, ATE and X-ray inspection equipment as well as smoke and RF test chambers.
Our R & D Team is located at our offices in Kent. This facilitates rapid, yet flexible and fast response product development. The team includes engineers in the hardware, software, mechanical and RF disciplines as well as dedicated test & verification technicians.
FIA
The FIA is the largest fire protection trade association in the UK with 950+ members.
We are a not-for-profit organisation and a major provider of fire safety training.
Our objective is to promote, improve and perfect fire protection methods, devices, services and apparatus.
We achieve this through the representation of our members, providing technical support, guidance and opportunities for professional advancement through education and appropriate regulation.
Safety Chair
We offer the perfect solution for stairway evacuation.
It is very rare that we will not be able to support the correct solution for you. The Safety Chair range caters for both single and dual person operation. Plus our battery powered chair that makes it even easier to descend or ascend a stairwell.
Safety Chair are solely dedicated to effective evacuation. Our trusted specialists who have many years of experience, ensure you receive guidance on your evacuation requirements.
simPRO
simPRO is a global leading provider of business management software for the trades and services industry. Since 2002, simPRO has developed a range of solutions to help businesses work smarter, provide exceptional service, and maximise their profitability:
- Field Mobility
- Workflow & Automation
- Project, Service, Maintenance Management
- IoT
- Business Transparency
- Facility Management
With offices in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom, simPRO now supports more than 4,800 clients and 120,000 users with powerful features to help streamline their entire workflow, providing complete visibility across their workforce with real-time office-to-field connectivity.
TIO Fire Safety
We believe the key to safety in the 21st century is ‘together works better’, a world where responsibilities, communications and actions are clear. We’ve been helping fire, safety and building professionals do their jobs more effectively, by bringing their staff, customers, contractors and tasks together, since 2017, when we created the first true digital fire logbook.
The requirement for a golden thread of safety information has become vital. Our mission is to deliver this data and audit trail in a way that supports and enhances the lives and operations of all Tio customers and stakeholders. Our software brings standards, best practice and connected products together with building, facilities, safety and service professionals, in mutually beneficial relationships, with clearer responsibilities, guidance, asset and task data for everyone. Our customers should easily be able to deliver the value their companies, teams, customers and stakeholders want, with baked-in safety, efficiency and performance.
Tio is built (and hosted) in the UK, by fire and safety professionals for the fire, security and safety industries. We deliver truly together software, that is easy to use, and avoids the headaches, overheads and complexity of alternative products.
We don’t aim to do everything half well, but are focused on doing everything that matters exceptionally well; so we’ll fit around existing software and processes with dashboards, integrations and APIs. With HQ in Hertfordshire, our team of 14 works together to create easy-to-use products that knit together customer requirements, best practice and the safety legislation we help create. We update our products and feature sets regularly because safety should always be up to date.
Our Supporters
ASIS UK
ASIS International is the largest organisation for security professionals, with more than 35,000 members worldwide including 750 in the UK.
The UK Chapter runs dynamic seminars and training days throughout the year, publishes a quarterly Newsletter containing articles from some of the country's leading security practitioners and acts as a voice for the security profession, representing members' views at the highest levels.
BAFE
BAFE is the independent registration body for Third Party Certificated fire safety service providers across the UK.
The BAFE Fire Safety Register offers a comprehensive record of Third Party Certificated competent providers for business owners, property managers, facility managers, specifiers and others who require assistance in managing their fire safety responsibilities and obligations.
BAFE deliver and administer an extensive register of Third Party Certificated fire safety service providers. End users specifying a Third Party Certificated BAFE Registered provider can have peace of mind that their fire safety compliance requirements are being fulfilled by a provider with quality evidence of their competency for specific services.
Fire Safety Matters
Fire Safety Matters (FSM) is the independent voice for the fire, security and risk management sectors. It covers the latest news, prosecutions, regulations, standards, products, services and technology relating to fire safety and security.
Complementing the printed journal, fsmatters.com contains even more topical information and expands on the material showcased in the magazine.
Advertising on fsmatters.com will allow your brand to reach UK decision makers, buyers and specifiers who are looking for products, solutions and best practice advice in the fire, security and risk management sectors.
IFEDA
IFEDA, the Independent Fire Engineering & Distributors Association, was founded in 1989, to provide an independent representative body of fire trade companies. IFEDA is completely unaligned to any manufacturer.
IFEDA is also instrumental in promoting the benefits of these quality and professional industry standards to insurance companies, fire authorities, governments departments and other fire trade companies. Leading the way in training IFEDA offers, amongst others, fire extinguisher training courses. IFEDA continues to champion third party accreditation for fire risk assessments and their importance, following the introduction of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Fire risk assessments is an area often overlooked by businesses, and IFEDA, by assisting members and promoting quality and fire safety is keen to improve the industry standards of fire risk assessments delivered to business owners and industry as a whole.
IFPO
The International Foundation for Protection Officers provides professional learning opportunities for security practitioners, to impart the knowledge, skills, and competencies required to maximize job performance and enhance career potential.
The International Foundation for Protection Officers is committed to the support and professional development of protection officers and supervisors. Through advocacy, promoting training standards, and providing accessible training, education and certification opportunities, we seek to enhance their professional standing as well as increase and diversify the value of the vital services they provide.
IFSM
The Institute of Fire Safety Managers is a professional body of highly respected individuals and companies who all share the same objective:
"To raise the awareness of fire safety at a local, national and international level, promoting fire prevention, fire protection and reducing the risk from fire as far as reasonably practicable."
Our members are at the forefront of the fire profession industry, receiving the latest news, standards, technical advances and dissemination from other fire related organisations worldwide.
ISRM
The Institute of Strategic Risk Management has been established in order to create a global centre where practitioners, academics and policy makers can come together to share information, help progress and promote the underlying understanding and capabilities associated with strategic risk and crisis management, and develop their own personal and professional networks.
NSI
Protecting UK homeowners and businesses for 50 years
The National Security Inspectorate is the UK's most highly trusted and respected, independent, UKAS-accredited certification body in the security and fire safety sector.
As a not-for-profit organisation helping to protect homeowners, businesses, the public sector and the general public, we count premium local providers, as well as the UK's premier security and fire safety providers amongst our clients.
Security Matters
Security Matters is an independent publication aimed at the largest collection of practising security and risk professionals in the UK. It reaches more than 240,000 named individuals through print, online and e-mail platforms. It’s the only publication in the UK that is ABC audited, which means our circulation is independently verified.
Security Matters aims to inform security and risk professionals on legislation, Best Practice, the latest security technology and recent strategic developments across their industry sector. It will also provide in-depth previews for all the key industry events, including: Intersec – Dubai, Security Essen, The Security Event - NEC Birmingham, International Security Expo and IFSEC.
SSAIB
The Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Board (SSAIB) is the leading certification body for organisations providing security systems and services, fire detection and alarm systems, telecare systems and services, manned security services and monitoring services.
SSAIB is a Security Industry Authority (SIA) approved certification body - in respect of the SIA Approved Contractors Scheme - that operates within the UK. We also offer certification for firms based in the Republic of Ireland as well.
Founded in 1994, the SSAIB is a company limited by guarantee, operating on a not-for-profit basis. It promotes high standards of service and is focused on serving the certification needs of organisations providing security and safety related services.
The Security Institute
We are the UK’s largest professional membership body for security professionals, with over 3,500 members to date.
Since 2000 we have been working to promote the highest possible standards of integrity and professional competence in the business of security.
Whatever you are looking to achieve in your security career, membership of the Security Institute can help you exceed your goals.