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ABLOY ANNOUNCES 2020 ACADEMY DATES
» SECURITY EXPERT ABLOY UK HAS
announced the dates of its 2020
Academy Foundations courses as part
of its commitment to set the standard
in emergency and panic escape
compliance.
The free courses are designed to train
installers, security managers, end users
and specifiers, giving them the skills and
knowledge to ensure maximum safety and
security while helping to save lives in an
emergency.
The course will help delegates
understand the minimum legal
performance criteria for access control
locking applications for fire and escape
doors, BS EN 179 and BS EN 1125 and
help attendees to specify only compliant
solutions. They also include the new
BS EN 13637 standard on electronically
controlled exit systems for use on escape
routes.
Pat Jefferies, Commercial Director
at Abloy UK, said: “We established the
Academy 10 years ago to provide quality
training to end users while raising
awareness and understanding of the
importance of compliance.
“At Abloy, we’ve a strong reputation for
championing standards and providing
robust security solutions, but their potential
can only be realised if they’ve been specified
and installed to the correct standard –
together it’s a winning combination.
“Above all, the courses are not just about
standards for standards sake. Simply put,
if an emergency escape system is not
compliant then lives are at risk, so I take
great pride in knowing that the Academy
is doing its part in helping people escape
safely from a building if they need to.”
The day-long courses take place at
Abloy UK headquarters in Willenhall,
West Midlands. Courses are free of charge,
offering delegates a complimentary
educational experience that can
provide two years of validity on industry
standards.
The courses will run on the following
dates:
• Thursday 30th January 2020
• Thursday 27th February 2020
• Thursday 26th March 2020
• Thursday 30th April 2020
• Thursday 28th May 2020
• Thursday 25th June 2020
• Thursday 30th July 2020
• Thursday 24th September 2020
• Thursday 29th October 2020
• Thursday 26th November 2020.
For further information on products and
services available from Abloy UK or to
book a place on one of the courses, visit
https://bit.ly/2HJvz05, call 01902 364
500, or email [email protected]
DHF ANNOUNCES FIRE DOOR SAFETY SEMINARS
» DOOR & HARDWARE
Federation (DHF) has
announced it will be hosting
two free fire safety seminars
in the coming months. Taking
place on 11th February and
17th March at DHF’s head
office and training academy
in Tamworth, the morning
seminars will primarily appeal
to those with responsibility for
compliance, fire safety, asset
management and procurement
within local authorities and
housing associations in the
West Midlands area. DHF
plans to offer these seminars to
those beyond the immediate
region, later in the year.
The seminars, both of
which start at 09:30am and
include lunch, will comprise
two presentations. The first,
delivered by DHF’s General
Manager & Secretary Michael
8
Skelding, is entitled: ‘Fire
Safety, some comments on
doors and hardware after
Grenfell’, and focuses on the
outcomes of the initial inquiry,
in addition to how the doors
and hardware performed.
This will be followed
by a second presentation
delivered by Gerda’s Head
of Communications, Fiona
Critchley, who is also the Chair
of DHF’s Timber Doorset
Group. This will focus on the
guidance document ‘A Guide
for Selecting Flat Entrance
Doorsets’ and will highlight
the criteria to take into account
when specifying a flat entrance
doorset, in addition to building
regulations and industry
standards, referring to the most
recent recommendations from
the Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Phase 1 Report Overview.
Widely considered as the ‘go
to’ experts for technical advice,
training and raising industry
standards, and actively
involved in the technical
committees of the Industry
Response Group, formed
in response to Dame Judith
Hackitt’s Report: ‘Building
a Safer Future’, DHF is well
placed to offer these seminars
in collaboration with Gerda.
The federation also works on
BSI Standards Committees,
with compliance authorities
HSE and Trading Standards as
well as fire safety organisations
in the UK and Europe.
“We are delighted to be
offering these free half-day
fire door safety seminars
for local authorities and
housing associations in the
West Midlands,” said DHF’s
Commercial Manager, Patricia
Sowsbery-Stevens. “Uptake
on both dates is already high,
but DHF has every intention
of rolling these out beyond the
region as the year progresses.
Gerda, which is based in
Suffolk, will also play host to
the seminars later in the year,
but in the meantime, we look
forward to welcoming people
to Tamworth, from the wider
community.”
www.dhfonline.org.uk
JAN/FEB 2020
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